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| Des Lynam endorses Ukip ... in song! | Des Lynam endorses Ukip ... in song! |
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| Former television sports presenter Des Lynam has endorsed the UK Independence party, revealing that he voted for Nigel Farage's organisation in last week's local elections. | Former television sports presenter Des Lynam has endorsed the UK Independence party, revealing that he voted for Nigel Farage's organisation in last week's local elections. |
| Ukip said that Lynam, the face of television sport during the 1980s, sent the party rewritten lyrics to Send in the Clowns, mocking Conservative critics who lambasted Ukip as a bunch of fruitcakes, loonies, waifs and strays. | Ukip said that Lynam, the face of television sport during the 1980s, sent the party rewritten lyrics to Send in the Clowns, mocking Conservative critics who lambasted Ukip as a bunch of fruitcakes, loonies, waifs and strays. |
| In a press release put out by Ukip on Friday, Lynam is quoted as saying: "I was delighted to cast my vote for Nigel Farage's team in Sussex where I live. I feel they have something to offer the country as a whole, and Sussex." | In a press release put out by Ukip on Friday, Lynam is quoted as saying: "I was delighted to cast my vote for Nigel Farage's team in Sussex where I live. I feel they have something to offer the country as a whole, and Sussex." |
| Farage, whose party won 25% of the vote in seats it contested in last week's election, said: "I am delighted to welcome Des's support in these elections. And thank him for his rewrite of the lyrics of Send in the Clowns which we are planning to sing at our south-east conference on 8 June." | |
| Ukip gained more than 130 seats in the English shire elections, a result that Farage claimed heralded the birth of a new and irreversible era of four-party politics in the UK. | Ukip gained more than 130 seats in the English shire elections, a result that Farage claimed heralded the birth of a new and irreversible era of four-party politics in the UK. |
| After the election, David Cameron, who once described Ukip as fruitcakes and closet racists, admitted his mistake, saying it was no good insulting a party people had chosen to vote for: "We need to show respect for people who have taken the choice to support this party. And we're going to work really hard to win them back." | |
| Send in the Clowns (Des Lynam Ukip remix 2013) | Send in the Clowns (Des Lynam Ukip remix 2013) |
| We used to be rich | |
| Now we are not | |
| But here at last there's a chance | |
| To stop all the rot | |
| Send in the Clowns. | |
| Isn't it bliss | |
| Don't you approve | |
| They just kept tearing around | |
| But they wouldn't move | |
| We need the Clowns … | |
| Send in the Clowns. | |
| They'd never stopped | |
| Opening our doors | |
| Now you are learning | |
| The vote that we wanted was yours | |
| We'll make our entrance again | |
| With unusual flair | |
| Sure of our lines | |
| We'll be right there | |
| We've had the farce | |
| Their fault I fear | |
| We know that you want what we want | |
| No need to fear | |
| They call us the Clowns … | |
| So send in the Clowns… | |
| And give us a cheer | |
| What a surprise | |
| Who could have thought | |
| You'd come to feel about things | |
| We felt you ought | |
| Only now they will see | |
| You've drifted our way | |
| No surprise now | |
| It's no cliche | |
| Now they have fear | |
| They've lost their timing this late | |
| In their careers… | |
| And where are the clowns … | |
| Quick, send in the clowns … | |
| Don't bother we're here |