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Today, he proclaims his Welsh heritage and talks of 'hiraeth' as he campaigns to become an AM.

Yet just 10 years ago, former Tory MP Neil Hamilton was filming this comedy football song - supporting England.

In the video, which was widely covered in the media but won few sales, Blackwood-born Hamilton and wife Christine prance around in England kits.

The song 'England are Jolly Dee' was filmed by Hamilton, who is now likely to become an Assembly Member for Mid and West Wales, in the run up to the 2006 World Cup in Germany.

The four-minute track describes Sven-Goran Eriksson as 'a chap from Sweden with glasses and a balding head....who also likes to score in bed', and football as a game 'watched by people on their tellies...with nylon shirts and big beer bellies.'

Wearing home and away football strips, the Hamiltons urge fans to “wave a flag and make some noise” for former England captain David Beckham “and the boys”.

Mr Hamilton adds: “No hand of God, no penalty kicks; we’re going to win like ‘66.”

The song also refers to former England manager Eriksson as someone who “plays a 4-4-2 formation; and loves a bit of fornication”.

It was recorded at a London studio by the Hamiltons, who live in Wiltshire and have a flat in London.

BBC Wiltshire described it as "a rousing patriotic ditty that's so sticky you'll probably need a lobotomy to prize it out of your head."

As the first name on the Mid and West Wales list, Mr Hamilton looks immensely likely to take a seat in the Assembly in May.

It would be his first elected position since the then Tory MP was ousted from his Tatton seat by anti-sleaze campaigner Martin Bell in 1997, amid allegations he had taken cash for asking questions in Parliament.

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