[fc-uk-discuss] Fundamental Socialism or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love The Man by Mick Hucknall

[MJ Ray]

David Berry <D.Berry at sussex.ac.uk> wrote:
> Right. This is painful.

Yep, it is:

> Mick Hucknall. Yes the one that sings in that godawful band UB40.

UB40: James Brown, Robin Campbell, Norman Lamont Hassan, Michael
Virtue, Ali Campbell, Earl Falconer, Brian Travers, Astro, featuring
Laurence Parry, Martin Meredith says www.ub40-dep.com

"Mick Hucknall is lead singer of Simply Red Simplyred.com"
www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/story/0,,1954727,00.html

"Mick Hucknall formed Simply Red in 1984 after his previous group, the
punk band Frantic Elevators, disbanded." www.simplyred.com/musicians/

Failure to check facts sign of dumbing down of ac.uk, news at 11.

> Also, check out the comical definition of 'socialism' that Mick  
> introduces here. Presumably under this logic privatisation of the  
> health service, schools and the police would all be 'fundamental  
> socialist' moves.

Yeah, they're just based on a different idea of social, you know?
All these people, they're not society.  They're human resources and
market capital providers.  Society is corporations now.  ;-)

[...]
> I tell you, it really has come to something when corporations start  
> banging the *socialist* drum to try to defend their interests! I hope  
> that Labour won't be dumb enough to fall for it (don't hold your  
> breath though).

Come now - they'll just threaten to release more Simply Red albums
if the government doesn't comply.  Cruel and unusual treatment indeed.

Regards,
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