Keir Starmer Says Eu National Anthem Is His Favourite Classical Tune<\/h3>\n

Sir Keir Starmer has sparked jokes about his secret continuing love-in with the EU, after he revealed his favourite piece of classical music.<\/p>\n

Speaking to Classic FM this morning, the Labour leader was asked: \u201cWhat piece of classical music sums up the Labour Party.\u201d<\/p>\n

He replied: \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

Unfortunately for the Labour leader, it was quickly pointed out that Ode to Joy also happens to be the EU\u2019s national anthem, and has been for half a century.<\/p>\n

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The EU chose the piece to honour shared European values, as it represents \u201cthe ideals of freedom, peace and solidarity\u201d.<\/p>\n

Sir Keir added that the tune has a \u201csense of destiny and is hugely optimistic\u2026 it\u2019s that sense of moving forward to a better place, is incredibly powerful\u201d.<\/p>\n

Responding to the confession, deputy Tory Chairman Lee Anderson slapped the Remainer leader down, with the simple, three-word retort: \u201cMine\u2019s \u2018Rule Britannia\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n

Fellow Tories also leapt on the comments, with one minister joking: \u201cSurprise, surprise!\u201d<\/p>\n

Lord Frost, Boris Johnson\u2019s former Brexit negotiator, said: \u201cOne must suspect Starmer of making a pro-EU political point.\u201d<\/p>\n

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  However, he added the EU\u2019s coopting of the classic piece shouldn\u2019t mean Brexiteers can\u2019t also love the tune.<\/p>\n

  He 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

  Former MEP David Campbell Bannerman commented \u201cDanger danger!!!\u201d And questioned whether it was a signal Labour is moving us to a \u201cWorld Economic Forum Valhalla\u201d.<\/p>\n

  One social media user added that the Champion\u2019s league theme tune – Zadok the Priest – is \u201cmuch better, and still European\u201d, but suggested Sir Keir \u201cdidn\u2019t choose that because he\u2019s as working class as a glass of champagne\u201d.<\/p>\n

  Ironically Sir Keir and Boris Johnson share a love of the pro-EU anthem.<\/p>\n

  During a 2016 Vote Leave rally, the then-Mayor of London sang Ode to Joy in German to prove he was not a \u201cLittle Englander\u201d.<\/p>\n

  He boasted: \u201cI can read novels in French, I\u2019ve read a novel in Spanish, I can sing the Ode to Joy in German.\u201d<\/p>\n

  One journalist heckled: \u201cGo on then!\u201d Before the Brexit campaign leader gave a brief rendition.<\/p>\n

  Sir Keir told Classic FM he enjoys traditional music as it can be \u201cdifferent emotions at different times\u201d.<\/p>\n

  He said: “So sometimes it’s the powerful symphonies that can be very uplifting.<\/p>\n

  \u201cThese days, it’s more likely to be the end of a really hard day in Parliament, a sort of quiet piano sonata, but just something that removes you.\u201d<\/p>\n

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