Tag: Britain
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Unofficial Anthems 3: Common People
Cos everybody hates a tourist Especially one that thinks it’s all such a laugh… This wasn’t my suggestion, it comes from Dean Whitbread, but it is perfect. Not only for that line, but the fact this song was a watershed moment not only in Jarvis Cocker and Pulp’s career, but I’d argue music as Pulp…
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Unofficial Anthems 1: Good Morning Britain
The Muse Olympic theme tune has been released and ho-hum, it’s the bastard lovechild of Mr Blue Sky, John Miles (!) and Flash-era Queen guitar squiggles meeting unironic Triumph-of-Will-style Laibach vocals. So usual Muse then. *boom tish*. No it really reminds me of Laibach, in a rather unhealthy way…except I guess Leni would use a…
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Keep Calm and Carry On Paying
Mr Kleptone reposted this – perfect timing that good chap! It’s like the video spoof of those Keep Calm posters.
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If there’s a racist then you put your middle finger up
https://soundcloud.com/hassan-matthews/my-tram-experience-bbc-1xtra Love this response by Saskilla to the Stephen Lawrence decision and the terrible video of Emma West spouting racist hate and obscenities on a Wimbledon tram (NSFW, and really disturbing…never understood the pondlife that think that swearing like a navvy around little kids is acceptable either – like they know people won’t hit them…
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Who exactly is breaking Britain? Tories ‘Big Society’ has a hidden agenda
From this report in The Independent on the Conservative council of Hammersmith & Fulham, which “George Osborne says the work they have done since then will be a “model” for a new Conservative government, while Cameron has singled them out as a council he is especially “proud” of”. it seems like the Conservatives are the…