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Part of the problem with some elements of the European debate is that they hanker for the days when we were a great power. Those days are gone, and they went a long time ago.

Billy Bragg

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’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
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
I came into this whole business by going to see Rock Against Racism gigs with the Clash.
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Racism Racist Rocks
At some point in your life you have to engage with the fact that you are part of a society.
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Education Free Important Powerful
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
A patriot is someone who cares what happens in their country.
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Cares Country Patriot
Were it not for the Clash, punk would have been just a sneer, a safety pin and a pair of bondage trousers.
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Pairs Pins Punk Safety
So, in some ways, the political songs tend to be a bit more like reportage, whereas the love songs tend to be like novels, you can pick them up off the shelf and go into them any time.
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Love Political Reportage Song Way
Without accountability, there can be no freedom. I know it seems like a paradox.
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Accountability Freedom Paradox Seem
Baptists burn more slowly.
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Baptists Burn More Slowly
Start your own revolution, cut out the middleman In a perfect world we’d all sing in tune But this is reality so give me some room So join the struggle while you may The Revolution is just a t-shirt away
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Cutting Middleman Reality Somemroom Struggle
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
What corporations fear most are consumers who ask questions. Naomi Klein offers us the arguments with which to take on the superbrands.
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Argument Consumers Corporations
All the great political music was made at the height of political confrontations.
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Confrontation Height Made Political
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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Band Political Records

Part of the problem with some elements of the European debate is that they hanker for the days when we were a great power. Those days are gone, and they went a long time ago.

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