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Benefit fraud grabs the public’s attention.
Tax avoidance takes multiples more money from the country’s budget.
What about three hundred and seventy-five billion
We donated to the bankers MC Nxtgen – F the Bedroom Tax
We donated to the bankers MC Nxtgen – F the Bedroom Tax
The government had to bail out several UK banks in the Credit Crunch of 2007
The Lords Spiritual and Temporal
James Wharton MP (Ft. Her Majesty's Government) – The European Union (Referendum) Act 2013
The second House of the UK Parliament, The House of Lords is made up of Peers — the Lords Temporal, and Bishops of the Church of England — the Lords Spiritual.
In stately homes, Coats of Arms were frequently incorporated into garden walls.
Many lovely gardens are inhabited with cheap plastic furniture!
- The Sunday Times – Rich List, 2013
- David Bowie – If You Can See Me Lyrics
- Bonnie Tyler – Total Eclipse of the Heart Lyrics
- Musa Okwonga – Sir Alex Ferguson – half man, half momentum
- John Sullivan – Only Fools And Horses Theme Song
- Damien Hirst – Desert Island Discs, 12th May 2013
- Terry Jacks – Seasons In The Sun Lyrics
- The Andrews Sisters – Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy
- JME – Twitter Story 2nd March 2013
- Notsensibles – I'm In Love With Margaret Thatcher Lyrics
- Musa Okwonga – Paul Scholes: A Tribute
- Dillinger – Cokane In My Brain Lyrics
- Geoffrey Howe – Resignation Speech
- Angel Haze – This Is Me Lyrics
- Young O – Bet On It Lyrics
- The Sunday Times – Young Music Rich List
- Nancy Sinatra – Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down) Lyrics
- Country Joe and the Fish – The Fish Cheer/I-Feel-Like-I'm-Fixin'-to-Die Rag Lyrics
- Nancy Sinatra – These Boots Are Made For Walkin' Lyrics
- Elro – Bieber's Leg
- The Damned – Anti-Pope Lyrics
- Iggy Pop – The Passenger Lyrics
- CERN – Statement Concerning CERN W 3 Software Release Into Public Domain
- Robert Burns – Tam O' Shanter
- David Bowie – Five Years Lyrics
- George Bernard Shaw – Saint Joan Scene 6
- The Andrews Sisters – Don't Sit Under The Apple Tree
- Black The Ripper – The Remedy (Married To Marijuana) Lyrics 2
- RKZ – These Words 8
- Robert Burns – Selkirk Grace
Author! You decide! I like it with the comma.
Some people avoid writers' workshops for fear of being mocked. The poet may have felt that fear initially, and is here distancing himself from the anxiety.
Also references “She’s Lost Control”, Joy Division.
http://m.youtube.com/index?desktop_uri=%2F&gl=GB#/watch?v=ksVRu0itkn4
A topical verse of its time, naming people in the public eye in the 1960s.
As noted on the right, this was first recorded on “The Paul Simon Songbook”. The earlier version contains references to different politicians and celebrities. The S&G recording is flippant. Simon’s original is more angry (and in my opinion, superior).
Nursery rhymes and fairy tales are part of a society’s Oral Tradition. Until they were written down or otherwise recorded, and thereby fossilised, they were embellished by each teller of the tale or rhyme. This may remind you of a genre of music? Of which there are many examples on this very site.
The lines of his veins resemble a road map.
A propos Point 2: this was mainly a fashion statement in the 1970s when he was in Bowie’s crew.
Most of the wannabe gays of that era later settled into heterosexual married life.
Reed is married to performance artist, Laurie Anderson.
A combination of “Miss America” and “as American as apple pie”.
Now John Lydon (Rotten) is a “national treasure”, best known for advertising Anchor Butter on commercial television.
Televisions and radios could be bought on credit, as suggested. It was known as “hire purchase”.
An alternative is, it was common for families not to buy televisions and radios, but to enter into a rental agreement with companies who supplied them. The main business providing radios and televisions was “Radio Rentals”.