M People founder ‘very angry’ over use of song at Tory conference

At the Conservative party conference in Birmingham, Liz Truss walked on stage ahead of her speech to the sound of 1990s dance music. Photograph: Isabel Infantes/EPA

Liz Truss has become the target of the wrath of the founder of M People for walking on stage for her Tory party conference speech to the band’s 1993 single, Moving On Up.

Michael Pickering, who co-wrote the song and founded the group, expressed anger on Twitter before the Truss speech was even finished, tweeting: “No permission given for that we’re very angry.”