It would shine a torch into the dirty little corner where the BNP defecate on our democracy, and that would be much more powerful than duffing them up in the street – which Im also in favour of.
BILLY BRAGGNever trust anyone who has no doubts. And I’m not talking about scepticism either: scepticism can be a healthy thing.
More Billy Bragg Quotes
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The most important thing for anyone, I think, is to be engaged, whether you’re an artist or a journalist is to be engaged in the process at some level.
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I’m still batting away on my politics for the Labour Party. I’m much further to the left of them than I used to be, but that’s because they’ve moved, not me.
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If you’ve got a blacklist, I want to be on it.
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I was in a little punk band and we put out a few punk records that weren’t very political, at all.
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That’s what I’m about — getting engaged. Too many people don’t wade in the mud with the politicians.
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Just because you’re gay, I won’t turn you away. If you stick around, I’m sure we can find some common ground.
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A patriot is someone who cares what happens in their country.
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Mixing pop and politics he asks me what the use is / I offer him embarrassment and my usual excuses.
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We’ve heard so much about the American dream: well, Trump is the American nightmare made flesh.
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All the things about ‘the ugly American’ that we worry about and which the Americans see in themselves, it’s all of that. This is a politics of egotistical display.
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I’ve had songs written during the Falklands war, and during the first Gulf war I got letters from soldiers saying they were listening to these songs, like Island of no return.
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If I can entertain people and get them to open up a little bit, then they’re much more conducive to any ideas I might have, whether they’re about relationships or politics. The most interesting songs, I think, are the ones where the two overlap.
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Money maketh man a tory, don’t fire that assumption at me, I like toast as much as anyone but not for breakfast, dinner and tea
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Peace, bread, work, and freedom is the best we can achieve.
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I’m celebrating my love for you with a pint of beer and a new tattoo
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