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By City AM reporter Sir Keir Starmer has brushed off a snub from the pop group behind New Labour’s victory anthem Things Will Only Get Better, saying “we’re not in 1997”. The Labour leader said his party would find a different song after D:Ream’s founding members Alan Mackenzie and Peter Cunnah said they would deny any request to use their track in the upcoming General Election. The band expressed regret at letting Tony Blair have permission for his general election victory in 1997, saying they were accused of “having blood on their hands” after the UK got involved with the war in Iraq, adding…

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