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But it stopped. Short. Never to go again, when the old bat died.
EDIT: From Billy Bragg, Calgary, AB, Canada, on the death of Margaret Thatcher:
This is not a time for celebration. The death of Margaret Thatcher is nothing more than a salient reminder of how Britain got into the mess that we are in today. Of why ordinary working people are no longer able to earn enough from one job to support a family; of why there is a shortage of decent affordable housing; of why domestic growth is driven by credit, not by real incomes; of why tax-payers are forced to top up wages; of why a spiteful government seeks to penalise the poor for having an extra bedroom; of why Rupert Murdoch became so powerful; of why cynicism and greed became the hallmarks of our society.
Raising a glass to the death of an infirm old lady changes none of this. The only real antidote to cynicism is activism. Don't celebrate - organise!
From the Thatcher challenge. See all 152 entries (closed)
(, Tue 9 Apr 2013, 13:30, archived)
I'm not the biggest fan of Bragg but that is, more or less, spot on. Certainly not a time for 'celebration'.It's just a shame that in terms of 'activism' and 'organising' most of it seems to be directed at getting a piece of music to No. 1 at present,
cos that's like, really important.
(cos that's like, really important.
The Great Architect is still waiting for his account to be deleted on,
Tue 9 Apr 2013, 15:10,
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been a while since billy had a number 1
cumquat may will not be commenting further on the allegations,
Tue 9 Apr 2013, 15:53,
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Number 1? Who fucking buys this shit?
Ham o' Shatner -.-- --- ..- .-. / .- .-.. .-.. / --. .- -.--,
Tue 9 Apr 2013, 15:56,
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^thistalk about "sticking it to the man"
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h3donist tryin' to play me out as if my name is Sega..,
Tue 9 Apr 2013, 16:04,
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Rise up peoples!Time for a British spring :)
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hekim 66 ÉŹĘš ŹÉnā² uooW,
Tue 9 Apr 2013, 15:23,
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