Tommy Robinson accused of ‘theft’ after using Labi Siffre’s anti-apartheid anthem Something Inside So Strong at Unite the Kingdom rally
Singer-Sonist Labi Siffre told the far-right activist Tommy Robinson to stop using the Hit song (Inside Inside) and accuse him of theft.
Tommy Robinson, whose real name was Steven Yaxley-Lennon, used the song of an old X-Factor contestant to more than 100,000 people in March, while he used the anti-apartheid anthem during the rally in the center of London.
Robinson’s song included the song in social media broadcasts and published quotes of lyrics before Ralli in August.
Now 80 -year -old Siffre told Guardian Robinson sent an order to stop and give up. He said: “Everyone who knows me and knows my job since 1970, apparently a positive atheist who represents his movements, will know that they use the work of the gay black artist.”
“They break all kinds of copyrights. Even in a period when theft is easier than ever, theft is still theft.”
Siffre’s Hit Singles in the 70s must be love, crying crying crying and watching me. After he was inspired by a documentary about Apartheid in South Africa, he returned from music in 1984. In contrast, (something inside) wrote very strongly and the song reached four in the UK charts. Nelson Mandela was said to be his favorite song.
One cover of the song was sung in September by former X-Factor contestant Charlie Heaney at Unite The Kingdom Rally. The show walked to London 110,000 to 150,000 people.
The rally saw that the technology billionaire Elon Musk joined the video connection and appeal to the crowd. Mr. Musk claimed that there was a need for the “disintegration of parliament” and “great uncontrolled migration” has contributed to the “destroying England”.
Although the show is one of the biggest protests in the last memories, the singer Siffre Guardian It was not unseen.
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He said: “I wish the same old, the same old. I wish the media would stop talking as an unprecedented movement.
Tommy Robinson was contacted for a comment.
