Liz Truss's decision to walk out to 1990s megahit Moving On Up backfired spectacularly today when a band member lashed out at her "shower of a government".
The Mirror reports that the Prime Minister selected the M People song, which opens with the line "You've done me wrong, your time is up", for her crunch speech in Birmingham - without first seeking the group's permission. M People star Mike Pickering immediately lashed out at her for using their hit single, saying he did not want it to be a "soundtrack to lies".
But in a delicious dig at Ms Truss, he said she was unlikely to be around to use the song again. The under-fire Prime Minister had a huge smile on her face as she took to the stage - but within moments singer Heather Small's son James Small-Edwards, who happens to be a Labour councillor in Westminster, tweeted: "An apt choice! This tired and out of touch Tory Government is indeed moving on out."
