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Article: NAMED & SHAMED; Pop song lists all 412 MPs who voted for Iraq war.(News)
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- Sunday Mercury (Birmingham, England)
- Article date:
- January 7, 2007
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Byline: BY PAUL COLE
A CHART topping Midland pop star is to name and shame MPs who voted for the invasion of Iraq in a controversial anti-war song.
Jyotir Mishra, who performs under the pseudonym White Town, has recorded a track titled These Are The MPs on his forthcoming comeback album Don't Mention The War.
Over a synthesiser drone, the 40 year-old Derby musician recites the names of all 412 MPs who gave the Government the authority to topple Saddam during a Commons debate.
They include Birmingham politicians such as Estelle Morris, ...