John Glen was elected Member of Parliament for Salisbury.
Following an old tradition, he sang an old Wiltshire song ‘Vly be on the Turmut’ on the balcony of the White Hart Hotel, ably assisted by musicians from the Cathedral School. I went down to the White Hart today and witnessed this slightly odd tradition. I quite enjoyed it – it’s worth going to if you’re in Salisbury the day after an election.
If I’ve set it up correctly you should be able to see a small part of the song embedded below.
In his speech John said that the song was popularised by the Wiltshire Regiment returning from a war and that the song goes back 300 years.
The best of my fairly shoddy selection of photos is below.
For more on our new Member of Parliament:
- John Glen’s homepage is at http://www.johnglenmp.com
- He is profiled on the Conservative website Conservative Home
- John has a page on LinkedIn
- John is a twitterer – you can follow his updates at John Glen (JohnGlenMP) on Twitter
His two Q and As for this website are here:
Just thought I’d let you know that the links to John’s website and twitter are now out of date.
John’s Website is now, http://www.johnglenmp.com, and John’s Twitter is JohnGlenMP.
Would it be possible for you to update this for me. Thank you.
David Webber
Junior Secretary to John Glen MP