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Christmas number one ?

joe_bloggs* — Tue, 22 Dec 2015 19:23:49 GMT

A choir of NHS staff is battling Justin Bieber for this year's Christmas Number 1 in a powerful message to Jeremy Hunt.

They were left stunned after the campaign exploded online - with thousands of sales propelling them to the top spot.

Last night their mashup of Coldplay's Fix You and Simon & Garfunkel's Bridge Over Troubled Water was outselling Bieber's Love Yourself by just 2,000.

But by Monday afternoon Justin Bieber had jumped back into the lead with a margin of 3,000.

The NHS staff hope a victory will give overworked NHS staff a much-needed morale boost on Christmas Day.

Re: Christmas number one ?

angelah1847 — Tue, 22 Dec 2015 19:53:52 GMT

Everyone should buy it/download it and get it to No1 for Christmas.

Re: Christmas number one ?

start-the-fire — Tue, 22 Dec 2015 20:09:15 GMT

Try and include the overworked hardworking families too.

If it was a business in the private sector they would be bust long ago, to many organ grinders not having a clue, their take on procurement is one example, of course the swollen population using the NHS doesnt help situations, but for how long can the government keep throwing money at the NHS. Should it be time that we contribute more when we use it.

But yes good luck to them getting to No 1

Re: Christmas number one ?

angelah1847 — Tue, 22 Dec 2015 20:52:16 GMT

'The NHS' and 'the people who work for the NHS on the frontline' are 2 different things.

The song/video/campaign is about those who work on the frontline trying to deliver the service in the best way they can, some with one hand tied behind their back.

Re: Christmas number one ?

joe_bloggs* — Tue, 22 Dec 2015 21:15:46 GMT

one of the comments i saw in the Guardian:

basaya

23h ago

This is disgusting. These people already have well paid jobs paid for by the british taxpayer and yet they are moonlighting as pop singers just to feather their already overflowing nests. Justin Bieber is just a young singer trying to scrape together a living

Re: Christmas number one ?

angelah1847 — Tue, 22 Dec 2015 21:22:37 GMT

OMG! What planet do they live on

Re: Christmas number one ?

mustard-tree — Wed, 23 Dec 2015 01:48:13 GMT

From celebritynetworth

Justin Bieber is a Canadian pop singer who has a net worth of $200 million

Hardly trying to scrape together a living?

Re: Christmas number one ?

suzieseaside — Wed, 23 Dec 2015 02:08:21 GMT

Basaya's post was tongue in cheek. Funny

Re: Christmas number one ?

al**bear — Wed, 23 Dec 2015 07:58:43 GMT

Basaya, always posts satirical comments

Re: Christmas number one ?

joe_bloggs* — Thu, 24 Dec 2015 18:15:25 GMT

Justin Bieber tells fans to buy NHS Choir song and make it Christmas No 1

http://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/dec/23/justin-bieber-tells-fans-to-buy-nhs-choir-song-and-make-it-christmas-no-1

Pop star tweets that charity single is what festive season is all about and that he is happy to be No 2 for one week so more money goes to hospitals

Proceeds from the NHS choir’s single will go to health charities including Carers UK and Mind. Bieber has been an unexpected champion of state healthcare from a tender age, once telling Rolling Stone, when he was 16, that the US health insurance system was evil.

Re: Christmas number one ?

joe_bloggs* — Fri, 25 Dec 2015 18:13:59 GMT

http://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/dec/25/justin-bieber-beaten-by-nhs-choir-to-uk-christmas-no-1

Justin Bieber beaten by NHS choir to UK Christmas No 1

Great result. A worthy winner for a good cause