Tories in power, a totally ineffectual Labour opposition, public spending cuts, riots and now a Royal Wedding, Truly it is the 80's again. We just need a war ( Afghanistan doesn't really count- but watch out Iran) and a modern day equivalent of the Miner's strike and hey, living proof that if you live long enough history does repeat itself.
I have a horrible feeling that my union,Unison,could be this time round's union fall guys. Lots of tough talk about "Fighting the Tory cuts", "They have no mandate in the North East etc etc" are being heard here. I'm not sure the membership will go with this though. Depends how much more they clobber us with after they have frozen our pay for three years (this is year 1) and threatened to cut our pensions.The latter might be what gets the rank and file agitated enough to strike although I thought Hutton's review was quite sensible in the main.
Thinking about the 80's made me think of this band for some reason.
Come Back - The Mighty Wah .
I saw them when they were Wah! Heat in a club in Manchester with Pink Military sometime in early 1980. I don't remember much about the gig but I do remember some bloke bashing a tray over his head and ranting into the microphone. This was performance art according to my friend Dennis.
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