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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.

Billy Bragg

Being spokesman for a generation is the worst job I ever had.
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Generations Jobs Worst
Never trust anyone who has no doubts. And I’m not talking about scepticism either: scepticism can be a healthy thing.
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Better Feel Giving Mean Scepticism Up
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
You have to believe that if the majority of people had their way, they would make a society that would be fair for everyone. If you don’t believe that, and if you think that the glass is always half empty, then you’re never going to have that sensibility.
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Believe Empty Everyone Glass Sensibility Standard
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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Common Gay Ground Sticks
Certainly, the international image of the United States today is a lot less positive than 10 years ago. And that really shouldn’t be, because you have been the victims of this awful terrorist attack, and I think America deserves the sympathy of the world.
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Images International States Thinking Today World
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
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
Don’t saddle me with your ideals, and spare me all your guilt. For a poet with all the answers, has never yet been built.
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Answers Guilt Poetry Saddle
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
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
A patriot is someone who cares what happens in their country.
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Cares Country Patriot
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
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
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
Without accountability, there can be no freedom. I know it seems like a paradox.
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Accountability Freedom Paradox Seem
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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Assumption Fire Men Money Tea Toast
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
There are quite a few honest songwriters out there writing about relationships and their own personality traits. But for some reason, once they step out of the bedroom, their honesty doesn’t seem to come with them.
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Bedroom Honesty Personality Traits Writing
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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Ago Dismissed Long Part Political Problem Songwriter
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
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
I came into this whole business by going to see Rock Against Racism gigs with the Clash.
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Racism Racist Rocks
We’ve heard so much about the American dream: well, Trump is the American nightmare made flesh.
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Country Dream Nightmare Ugly Worry
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
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
You can be active with the activists or sleep in with the sleepers while you’re waiting for the Great Leap Forwards.
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Activist Sleep Sleeper Waiting

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