The Courier & Advertiser (Perth and Perthshire Edition)
Wishart and KT Tunstall record Cox charity single
Perthshire MP Pete Wishart has helped record a charity single for the Jo Cox Foundation, with hopes it could go to Christmas number one spot.
The SNP politician collaborated with fellow Westminster MPs, and musicians including KT Tunstall and Kaiser Chiefs’ Ricky Wilson, to raise money for the foundation set up in the wake of Jo Cox’s murder.
Jo Cox was killed by far-right extremist Thomas Mair a week before the UK’s referendum on EU membership.
Mair was sentenced to life in prison for murdering the MP for Batley and Spen.
The charity single, a cover of the Rolling Stones’ hit You Can’t Always Get What You Want, features vocals from 16 Westminster MPs, members of parliamentary band MP4 – which Mr Wishart plays keyboard for – Cockney Rebel’s Steve Harley, and the Royal Opera House Thurrock Community Chorus.
“We were all knocked sideways by the tragic events surrounding Jo Cox’s death,” Mr Wishart said.
“It was a struggle to know how to respond in the first instance. I was privileged to be asked by the legendary record producer Robin Millar to come on board with my Parliamentary colleagues to record the music and vocals,” he said.
“The fact that so many people have given up their time for this project, to support the causes Jo cared about, shows that she leaves us all a legacy of hope for a better world.”
St Andrews singer KT Tunstall performs on the song. She said Jo Cox was an “incredibly bright light”, and hoped the song would “bring people together”.
The single is released on December 16 and will compete for the coveted Christmas number one chart position, which will be announced on Friday December 23.