"Tubthumping"—Chumbawamba
60 Songs That Explain the '90s
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The Optimism of the New Labor
There was this sort of great optimism about change and youth, which had maybe not that much to do with labor's policy platform or actual firm connections between these individuals. There was an enemy cover in early 98, which has said, ever had the feeling you've been cheated? And they're complaining about student tuition fees and various sort of authoritarian law and order innovations. But there was very much a sense of like, oh, we got very excited about getting the Tories out. But actually, we don't like these people that much.
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