Editing Chumbawamba (section)

===Use of "Tubthumping" by the right===
Boff Whalley has written that in the early days of his 2016 presidential campaign, [[Donald Trump]] had used "Tubthumping" in his rallies; the group denied him the right to do so. Whalley said that "There have been many, many examples of rightwing populist leaders using ostensibly leftwing music to hoodwink their audiences into some kind of hypnotic self-delusion that they are 'of the people'."<ref>{{cite news|author=Boff Whalley|title=Chumbawamba wrote Tubthumping as a working-class anthem. We won't have it stolen by the right|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|date=23 May 2024|url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/mar/22/my-band-hit-tubthumping-is-the-latest-working-class-anthem-to-be-co-opted-by-populist-politicians}}</ref> 

Relatedly, in 2024, Chumbawamba made headlines in New Zealand, when Deputy Prime Minister [[Winston Peters]] used "Tubthumping" throughout his election campaign and during his state of the nation speech. Peters argued against addressing Māori inequality, gender and sexuality lessons in the school curriculum and compared co-governance (shared decision-making between Māori and the Crown) to the race-based theories of Nazi Germany. Chumbawamba spoke out, stating they had not given permission to use their song.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/350218506/uk-punk-band-takes-aim-deputy-pm-over-use-hit-song | title=UK band takes aim at Deputy PM's use of hit song after 'Nazi' comments|author=Tova O'Brien|date=March 18, 2024|work=Stuff}}</ref> In March 2024, the band issued a "cease and desist" order against Peters.

In a statement, Boff Whalley said, "Tubthumping" was written "as a song of hope and positivity, so it seems entirely odd that the 'I get knocked down...' refrain is being used by New Zealand's deputy prime minister Winston Peters as he barks his divisive, small-minded, bigoted policies during his recent speeches".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lardies |first=Gabi |date=2024-03-19 |title=Chumbawamba not happy about Winston Peters' use of 'Tubthumping' |url=https://thespinoff.co.nz/politics/19-03-2024/chumbawamba-not-happy-about-winston-peters-use-of-tubthumping |access-date=2024-03-19 |website=The Spinoff |language=en}}</ref>