Their friends, Radio 4 host John Wilson and Chris Taylor joined the band on bass and guitar, respectively.Other songs included in Centrist Dad’s set list included “Teenage Kicks” by The Undertones and Blondie’s “One Way or Another”.
Miliband, shadow secretary for energy security and net zero, was also spotted in footage from Camden New Journal supporting the band from the crowd.
Balls appeared on ITV’s early daytime news and commentary programme Good Morning Britain on Monday (11 September) and poked fun at the concept of Peston singing the lyrics: “I am an antichrist, I am an anarchist.”
“Dads are supposed to be embarrassing,” he offered as an explanation, adding:
“Over the years, I’ve overachieved.”He went on to mention that, despite his predictions, his children weren’t completely dissatisfied with his musical display.
“Actually, their view was, it wasn’t as embarrassing as they expected. They think the name ‘Centrist Dad’ is terrible; appalling! My son said, ‘Owen Jones [the left-wing journalist] will hate it.’”
