{"id":121664,"date":"2023-11-24T17:29:16","date_gmt":"2023-11-24T17:29:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cottontailsonline.com\/?p=121664"},"modified":"2023-11-24T17:29:16","modified_gmt":"2023-11-24T17:29:16","slug":"sir-keir-starmer-says-eu-anthem-is","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cottontailsonline.com\/politics\/sir-keir-starmer-says-eu-anthem-is\/","title":{"rendered":"Sir Keir Starmer says EU anthem is"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Sir Keir Starmer was accused of wanting to jump back into bed with Brussels after he picked the EU\u2019s anthem to sum up Labour.<\/p>\n

The Opposition leader talked about the \u201csense of destiny\u201d and \u201cmoving forward to a better place\u201d in Beethoven\u2019s 9th Symphony.<\/p>\n

It includes the choral Ode to Joy, which has been the adopted song of the European bloc since the 1970s to represent \u201cthe ideals of freedom, peace and solidarity\u201d.<\/p>\n

Sir Keir told Classic FM: \u201cOne of the pieces I’ve got is Beethoven’s 9th Symphony, the choral Ode to Joy. You’ve got the orchestra, you’ve got the voices, you’ve got this big combination.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is very sort of Labour.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Sir Keir insists returning to the EU\u2019s single market or customs union is not on the table for Labour.<\/p>\n

But Tory Chairman Richard Holden said the choice was “simultaneously totally naff and completely telling\u201d.<\/p>\n

“As if we needed any more proof that Sir Keir is ready to jump back into bed with Brussels at the first opportunity – never mind Ode to Joy, this is another of his embarrassing Odes to the EU,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

\u201cLabour has already admitted they want to cosy up with Europe, and we know they want to strike a back door open borders deal with Brussels.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s clear that Sir Keir\u2019s only real sense of \u2018destiny\u2019 is to defy the will of the British people and reverse Brexit by stealth.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Brexit negotiator Lord Frost said: \u201cBeethoven’s 9th Symphony, with Schiller’s Ode to Joy, is one of the most sublime, uplifting, and profound works of the human spirit.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is a huge pity that the final movement’s main theme has been appropriated by the bureaucratic monstrosity of the European Union.<\/p>\n

\u201cOf course one must suspect Starmer of making a pro-EU political point, but I don’t think the rest of us should be led to feel we can’t appreciate the music for political reasons.\u201d<\/p>\n