In that sense, I became politicized because the people in the coal mining villages who were involved in the struggle knew why they were there. But they couldn`t understand why some pop star from London would want to be there.
I`ve had songs written during the Falklands war, and during the first Gulf war I got letters from soldiers saying they were listening to these songs, like Island of no return.
I`m trying to make a case for those people who don`t have a sense of belonging that they should have, that there is something really worthwhile in having a sense of belonging, and recasting and looking at our modern history.
I`m still batting away on my politics for the Labour Party. I`m much further to the left of them than I used to be, but that`s because they`ve moved, not me.
In that sense, I became politicized because the people in the coal mining villages who were involved in the struggle knew why they were there. But they couldn`t understand why some pop star from London would want to be there.
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