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I enjoyed so much working with the guys from Wilco, and riffing off of them, and having someone come up to me with ideas, because normally in the studio it’s me who has to come up with all the ideas.

Billy Bragg

That’s what I’m about — getting engaged. Too many people don’t wade in the mud with the politicians.
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Mud People Politician Wade
Whether we like it or not, we live in a post-ideological world. That’s how a Donald Trump can get through. He has no ideology at all: in that sense, he’s a bit like Mussolini.
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Ideology Party Post Sense Thinking Whether World
You have to recognise your responsibility to your community for your actions. Liberty doesn’t mean that you are not held accountable.
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Community Mean Responsibility
If we think we’re a nation with great ideas, and a nation that wants to make the world a better place, let’s commit ourselves and involve ourselves with our European partners.
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Grea Idea Ourselves Thinking World
Britain is a great country. We can more or less say what we like, and we can walk down the street without anyone trying to kill us. I know it’s tough for some people, but generally we live in a caring society. We live in a great country, but we’re no longer a great power.
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Caring Country Long
Peace, bread, work, and freedom is the best we can achieve.
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Achieve Bread Politics
A nation with their freezers full are dancing in their seats, while outside another nation is sleeping in the streets.
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Dancing Politics Sleep
Without accountability, there can be no freedom. I know it seems like a paradox.
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Accountability Freedom Paradox Seem
I’d like to think that in a generation or two we’ll have politicians whose life experience reflects that of the people who are voting for them.
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People Thinking Voting
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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Away Batting Party Stills Used
A patriot is someone who cares what happens in their country.
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Cares Country Patriot
If you thought the army was here protecting people like yourself, I’ve some news for you, we’re here to defend wealth.
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Army News People
Baptists burn more slowly.
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Baptists Burn More Slowly
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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Artist Important Journalist Thinking
The key to it has to be some sort of proportional representation, which allows there to be more parties.
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Aspiration Key Proportional Representation Society Sort
I’m just saying that we need to find a better way to manifest the broader society’s aspirations, politically.
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Aspiration Better Just Saying Need Party Politician

I enjoyed so much working with the guys from Wilco, and riffing off of them, and having someone come up to me with ideas, because normally in the studio it’s me who has to come up with all the ideas.

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I enjoyed so much working with the guys from Wilco, and riffing off of them, and having someone come up to me with ideas, because normally in the studio it’s me who has to come up with all the ideas.

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