DAME VERA LYNN FURIOUS OVER NATIONALIST PARTY LINK
Former armed forces’ sweetheart DAME VERA LYNN is considering suing a controversial political party after it used two of her songs on a compilation CD.
Lynn found fame during the Second World War and became one of the most popular and high profile troop entertainers.
Now 91, the singer is furious members of the ultra conservative British National Party (BNP) are using her to promote a new CD, which they have named after one of her most famous songs, The White Cliffs of Dover, and features one of her tracks, All Alone in Vienna.
Lynn’s lawyer Nigel Angel says, "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." But BNP deputy leader Simon Darby insists the party is legally entitled to include her music: "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."
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