It's Raining Men: Mass Movement

472 - Number of people who voted for nutty Tory/Ukip councillor David Silvester.

9,301 - Number of copies of It's Raining Men sold last week in "protest".

A much hyped campaign to get The Weather Girls' It's Raining Men to number one as an ironic comment on Silvester blaming the recent floods on gay marriage was not quite as dismal failure as he is.

The number one single by Clean Bandit sold 137,000 copies.

“I'm incredibly proud of the song getting to 31 in the charts,” says one of the campaign’s organisers, Darren Pop. “It makes me feel very humbled to be part of a community that will pull together to fight back against bigotry. It's very comforting to know that British people will always speak up and challenge comments like David Silvester made."

Fight the power!

Thanks to Marcus and Peter. No thanks to The Official Charts Company who "cannot disclose this information". x

Gary Lineker TV Ad: It's Funny Cause It's "Gay"

The Daily Star takes a break from updates on the manufactured romance between Big Brother's Preston and Chantelle to inform its readers about a new ad for Walkers Crisps starring Gary Lineker; 'Gary Lineker Tackles Camp Moves For Ad'.
"GARY Lineker camps it up in his latest TV ad as he prances around to the Weather Girls’ hit and gay anthem It’s Raining Men.
"Wearing a tight vest and jeans, Gary is transformed into Billy Elliott for the new Walkers Crisps telly commercial.
"The former England striker is seen being coached by Strictly Come Dancing judge Bruno Tonioli, 54, before dancing in the middle of a heavy downpour."
Sounds hilarious, doesn't it?
The joke - one has to presume - is that the ex-footballer is dancing to a "gay anthem", whatever that is.
And he "camps it up", whatever that is.
And that Bruno Tonioli, he's a gayer.
And GAY is FUNNY.
For further proof - if indeed proof is needed - watch this clip from the recent unfunny movie spoof, Vampires Suck, where some screamingly and annoyingly gay vampires dance to... 'It's Raining Men'.
People actually get paid for coming up with this old crap, you know?