You have to admire his dedication to sheer, blatant fibbing.ġ7,520: The number of Diet Cokes consumed by Trump in office Given that the man’s average working day probably only lasted three or four hours, it means he was managing to lie around seven times an hour. That works out to roughly 21 lies every day. Right here in the UK, where we managed to achieve more deaths per capita.Īccording to fact checkers in the US, Trump sprayed out more than 30,000 porkies, false claims, exaggerations and outright whoppers in his four years in office. Where on earth could you top those figures? Where could you find more incompetent leadership? Oh, that’s right. There was a final rush of 18,000 sales between Friday morning and Sunday, the Official Charts Company said.īut its final total was 52,605 copies - 5,700 behind Duke Dumont, which achieved 58,321 sales in the past week.And then, well he just stopped caring and never talked about it again. It was at number 54 on Tuesday, the day after Baroness Thatcher's death, and climbed to number 10 on Wednesday.īy Thursday, it had reached number four and was at number three by Friday. Radio 1 controller Ben Cooper agreed it was a 'logical decision'.ĭespite failing to reach the top spot, Ding Dong The Witch Is Dead has broken a new record by becoming the shortest top 10 single of all time and is the only one in history to be under a minute long. 'However, I do believe it would be wrong to ban the song outright as free speech is an important principle and a ban would only give it more publicity.' I personally believe it is distasteful and inappropriate. New BBC Director General Tony Hall said earlier in the week: 'I understand the concerns about this campaign. 'An online campaign began in 2007 to try to get this song, Ding Dong The Witch Is Dead, to number one in the charts the week Lady Thatcher died.'Ī short segment of the song, featuring the lyrics: 'Ding dong, the wicked witch is dead', was then played.

She told them: 'Tributes poured in from across the world for Margaret Thatcher when she died on Monday, but there were also people who threw street parties around the UK.

Sinead Garvan explained the context of the single's appearance in the charts to listeners of the station, which has a target audience of 15 to 29-year-olds.

Image: Some people buying the song were protesting against the ex-PM's legacy

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