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Vera Lynn considers legal action over BNP CD
By CMU Editorial | Published on Thursday 19 February 2009
Former forces’ sweetheart Vera Lynn, now 91 years old, is consulting with her lawyers over the inclusion of two of her performances on a British National Party compilation CD.
The album was named ‘White Cliffs Of Dover’ in reference to the singer’s wartime song of the same name, and also includes her version of ‘All Alone In Vienna’. Other artists featuring on the LP include The Andrews Sisters and Glenn Miller.
Lynn’s solicitor Nigel Angel said: “Her position is that the song was included without her approval. She does not align with any political party. I will be discussing it with her further”. Her MP Norman Baker is quoted as saying: “The BNP will try to imply they have the support of individuals by this kind of action when they clearly don’t have their support – it’s extremely regrettable”.
BNP deputy leader Simon Darby has responded, saying: “It is a commercially available piece of music and it is not as if we have bootlegged it. It is something you could buy off Amazon and we are proud to stock. There are a number of songs on the album and by no means are we implying Dame Vera is a nationalist”.
