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Political Babble
The Aristocracy Cometh

As you may be aware we don't mix politics with music in this Fanzine. If you need a reason for this all I have to say is: RED WEDGE!
That said, a bit of political babble every four or five years can't be a bad thing, can it? Go for it John B

Who did you vote for?

Did you vote for the YELLOW PARTY, you know the one, the one who once had a leader called David Lloyd George. Remember him? He formed a coalition Government way back when, and made himself Prime Minister; it was the most foul and corrupt Government this country has ever had. So I do hope for your sake you didn't vote for the YELLOW PARTY.

Or

Did you vote for the BLUE PARTY the one with the lovely picture of a tree as their logo; you know the one, the PARTY that had an election slogan "Vote Labour get a nigger neighbour". No that wasn't the National Front or the BNP that was only 40 years ago and it was the BLUE PARTY. So I hope for your sake you didn't vote for the BLUE PARTY.

Or

Or did you vote for the RED PARTY, the NEW red party I think they called it now, you know the one, the PARTY that has spent the last ten years defending the God given right of every person in GREAT BRITAIN to actively participate in our cherished National Sport of WAR! So I hope for your sake you didn't vote for the RED PARTY.

Or

Did you vote for a "self righteous" "shouting from the sidelines" "hope we don't get in we might actually have to do something" "hobbyist" PARTY?

Lovely choice wasn't it.

But please don't tell me you voted the way you did for the sake of the country, cos that would be too much of a laugh. And please don't tell me what we've got has been formed for the sake of the country; cos I'd need a straight jacket on to believe that shit.

So what did we get?

An Aristocracy!

Really? That does sound nice.

When I heard "Know Your Rights" by The Clash all those sunny youthful years ago, the phrase "Murder is a crime unless committed by a policeman or an aristocrat" struck me as strange. The word aristocrat seemed a peculiarly old headed word to use. Aristocrat? Yeah, I could understand what they were saying, coppers and rich bastards will always get away with murder, but aristocrats, what had aristocrats got to do with the '80's, especially '80's Britain, and anyway hadn't all the aristocrats been guillotined back in the French revolution.

Thirty years on though and I've woken up to find the aristocrat is alive and well, and this country is now being ruled by a bunch of shiny faced aristocrats. Let me introduce them to you, they're called The Cabinet and they're: 99% male, 99% white, 99% privately educated, 99% Upper class (whatever that means), 80% millionaires and 100% unrepresentative. So whether you're YELLOW, BLUE or RED you voted for these totally unrepresentative people to rule you (oops), I mean represent you. The words TOTAL FUCKING MUGS seems to spring to mind.

Oh well not to worry, pity there's a WAR COMING. Oh didn't you know? Yes this is a public service announcement; remember you heard it here first. There is a WAR COMING, a war we've seen before, but it was so long ago and there have been so many wars since, that we've forgotten what this OLD WAR was actually called. Worse than that we can't even remember which side we were on, in that OLD WAR. So let me enlighten you good folk of Britain, the name of the OLD WAR was THE CLASS WAR and it's coming to a town near you very soon.

Can't remember what CLASS you are? Then we are here to help.

Brought to you by:
John Alowiciouss Cheverall Bigot-Smythe the THIRD of the REANS WOLVERHAMPTON.