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The key to it has to be some sort of proportional representation, which allows there to be more parties.

Billy Bragg

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
You can have an argument with someone who’s a sceptic. When I say ‘cynic’, I mean someone who has given up, and they want you to give up too, so it makes them feel better about themselves.
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Feel Makem Sceptic Someone Themselves
If you’ve got a blacklist, I want to be on it.
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Ibacklist Life Want
A patriot is someone who cares what happens in their country.
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Cares Country Patriot
What happened on September 11 wasn’t the first act of war, it was the most unspeakable act of murder and terrorism. But it was construed by a very small group of people – there is no army out there in the dark waiting to take over America.
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Army Dark Unspeakable War
Mixing pop and politics he asks me what the use is / I offer him embarrassment and my usual excuses.
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Mixing Use Usual
I never met a politician who didn’t want to be a guitar player in a rock band. I’ve got the opportunity to say what I believe in.
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Believe Opportunity Player Politician
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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Country Islands Soldier Song War
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
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 think that ultimately Trump will lose the election and in the process destroy the Republican party – but then I’m an optimist, ha ha ha! So he might not lose. He might be in charge of the largest nuclear arsenal in the world!
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Charge Election Nuclear Party Republican Ultimately
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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Come Guy Idea Ideas Riffing Studio
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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Interesting Song 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
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.
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Dirty Favour More Powerful Shining
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

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