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Kathryn Williams

A Rishi Sunak promo video is going viral because everyone thinks it's using a Gary Glitter song

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has released a video promising to 'protect the most vulnerable' and work for the country with music that sounds eerily similar to a song written by convicted peadophile Gary Glitter playing over it.

The video, which is a compilation of Sunak's soundbites, including calling US President Joe Biden and promising to earn the trust of the country, was released this morning, Friday October 28, at 10.07am and uses a drumbeat echoing that of Rock n Roll (Part 2), released in 1972 by the disgraced singer.

In response to criticism on social media, a Downing Street spokesman told journalists on Friday morning that the drumming used was from a stock selection of music it did not pay for and was not Glitter's track. Indeed, although the music accompanying Sunak's video is very similar to that on the Glitter track, they are not the same.

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