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https://www.facebook.com/aspireNI/videos/551029795237086/
IT’S BEEN AN intense few weeks for her party thanks to Brexit negotiations, so perhaps it’s no surprise to find out the DUP’s leader Arlene Foster has discovered a way to unwind during the proceedings: singing.
She’s one of the stars of Band Aid NI 2017, a new charity single initiative run by Aspire Northern Ireland.
Foster is among the many singers contributing to the recording, belting out a few bars of Mariah Carey’s classic festive tune All I Want For Christmas Is You.
You’ll find her just over 35 seconds into the video. She’s not the only famous face who took part – see if you can spot former X Factor star Eoghan Quigg and Sky’s David Blevins in the clip.
The Craigavon-based Aspire works with young people in Northern Ireland, providing after-school supervision and support, activities and tuition.
Deeply disappointed the charity isn’t called “Ashpire”
All I want for Christmas is out of the EU.
@Trevor Hayden: What’s stopping you? Move to Britain.
@Ken Loughman: It was meant as Arlene’s version ken.
Get a sense of humour.
The woman hasn’t a charitable bone in her body.
@Jane: woman? I think that’s questionable.
@Jane: can she sing the classic “its my party and I’ll cry if I want to ?
Santa is a Catholic!
I am going to resist playing that.
Not something I think will end well.
Arlene sings family favourites such as:
“Have yourself a bigoted little Christmas”
“I’m dreaming of an orange Christmas”
“Deck the halls with union jacks”
“Merry Christmas everyone! (except the shinners and gays)”
@Daniel Parnell: Catholics roasting on an open fire…
@Daniel Parnell:
And other classics such as
Let it blow let it blow
Little drummer boy
Frosty The Fenian
Away in a Minger
A horrible bitter woman who must be getting lessons in spin from Leo’s propaganda dept.
@Paul Mc: There’s probably a chance you might be bitter if someone blew up your school bus when you were on it too. That doesn’t excuse much else of what she is, but bitterness, yes.
@Patrick J. O’Rourke: Aye, and let’s not forget the attempt on her father’s life by the local IRA which forced her family to move out of their home. She has every right to be bitter.
Some man for one man
Expect a nude 2018 calender shoot from Leo in response.
It’s in the works: https://twitter.com/MallowNews/status/937632147392876544
Thanks journal we really need to see that excuse for a human being
And there goes my lunch.
Mariah Scary more like!
No worse than the annual X Factor winner, tbf
Stop trying to anthropomorphize it… It might look human but it doesn’t have feelings or emotions like humans do..
Arlene making the most of her time off to lay down tracks for her latest album
Heat the World…..
Practising for her career after the Dup dump her from politics ,like her political life in this song she contributes very little .The uk government have just made a historical announcement that the future of the six counties are in a united Ireland .anyone that tells you different have a problem with accepting the cold hard truth .a monumental turning point .
You can hear the auto tune struggle to adjust the sound as she sings. Cringe central
New Music Duo, Foster and Adams.
What do the comments say about the authors of same?
Somebody shoot me now please.
the shirt collar over the jumper says it all
I’d rather “av e Maria” herself than listen to Arlene Foster covering one of her Xmas hits…
A rose by any other name would be just as thorny.
Id rather listen to the crows in the morning.
Woooh lads, the auto tune is running 90 there. Christ I know auto tune is used the
whole time but it really was struggling to hide itself.
If it raises money
for
charity all is well. Still though … that
auto tune.
Does this PM know the one called Cash for Ash? lol.
Lord take me now!
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