Paul Waller to play Brighton concert for Corbyn

[Brighton Mod]

We have all the best people

http://www.mojo4music.com/24697/paul-weller-supergroup-play-concert-for-corbyn/

Well, i'm genuinely surprised if this is the case, I thought he learned his lesson with 'Red Wedge' in the 80s.
Weller is a great enigma, I can go to his concerts and love them or sometimes come away feeling completely
underwhelmed, however I always go.

I don't however follow his politics and like all celebrities including footballers, i'm disinterested in what they have
to say as their talent is what I would admire not their outer thoughts.

Anyhow, I'm of to From the Jam that night where I know what I will be getting for the night.

 

[London Irish]

"I’m doing the gig because I like what Corbyn says and stands for. I think it’s time to take the power out of the hands of the elite and hand it back to the people of this country"

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/u...-momentum-s-concerts-for-corbyn-a7354351.html

 

[Bladders]

"I’m doing the gig because I like what Corbyn says and stands for. I think it’s time to take the power out of the hands of the elite and hand it back to the people of this country"

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/u...-momentum-s-concerts-for-corbyn-a7354351.html

Which is code for handing it ALL to the state under a socialist government.

 

[jakarta]

"I think it’s time to take the power out of the hands of the elite" said the millionaire Paul Weller...

 

[Prince Monolulu]

"I think it’s time to take the power out of the hands of the elite" said the millionaire Paul Weller...

Would you regard a millionaire as having power and control of the nation simply by having a few quid? I know several left voting self-made people probably in the 'millionaire' bracket with no effect or interest in power.

It should now be the 'billionaire' bracket.

 

[Tony Towner's Fridge]

Apt that he does this. He can play Deadwood on loop! Sums up the Labour Party and his career.
Should have stayed with the Jam!

TNBA

TTF

 

[Chicken Run]

"I’m doing the gig because I like what Corbyn says and stands for. I think it’s time to take the power out of the hands of the elite and hand it back to the people of this country"

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/u...-momentum-s-concerts-for-corbyn-a7354351.html

You Waller, there is know difference between the elite you clearly detest and the Islington elite you follow [emoji23][emoji23][emoji23]

 

[papajaff]

Is he Fat Rik Waller's brother?

 

[Hastings gull]

"I’m doing the gig because I like what Corbyn says and stands for. I think it’s time to take the power out of the hands of the elite and hand it back to the people of this country"
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/u...-momentum-s-concerts-for-corbyn-a7354351.html

Absolutely. The idea of Corbyn's Islington elite having all that power to inflict socialism on everybody else is disgraceful.

 

[albionant]

To be fair he has had six children with (four different woman) whom he has had to put through Public School education and one hell of maintenance bill to pay !
Massive fan of his music, but he can be a right arse...

 

[wellquickwoody]

PW has stuck with his very publicised principles for a long time, which should be applauded I guess, except sending his kids to private school just like Diane and Shamri (two faced wankers anyone)?

He was known as the angry young man back then, more like the champagne socialist right now. Has been known to fly Easy jet with the hoi ploi , on his way way home from his holiday home in Tuscany..........

 

[jakarta]

lol what polls would that be? We've won all the by-elections, mayor elections?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Wedge

After the 1987 election produced a third consecutive Conservative victory, many of the musical collective drifted away. A few further gigs were arranged and the group's magazine Well Red continued, but funding eventually ran out and Red Wedge was formally disbanded in 1990.

Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it...

 

[essbee]

I really think Weller is doing himself no favours here.

The whole idea is crass in the extreme.

 

[London Irish]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Wedge

After the 1987 election produced a third consecutive Conservative victory, many of the musical collective drifted away. A few further gigs were arranged and the group's magazine Well Red continued, but funding eventually ran out and Red Wedge was formally disbanded in 1990.

Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it...

Those who think history repeats itself mechanically must wake up every day amazed we are not living in caves

 

[London Irish]

I really think Weller is doing himself no favours here.

The whole idea is crass in the extreme.

Fighting for your political ideas you believe in by staging a concert is "crass in extreme"? Big believer in free speech then?

 

[DavidinSouthampton]

I really think Weller is doing himself no favours here.

The whole idea is crass in the extreme.

Plenty of people would think that sticking to one's principles is a good thing. He won't be doing it with a view to his bank account or popularity stakes. He is doing it because he thinks it is the right thing to do.

"To Thine own self be true".

 

[DavidinSouthampton]

I really think Weller is doing himself no favours here.

The whole idea is crass in the extreme.

Plenty of people would think that sticking to one's principles is a good thing. He won't be doing it with a view to his bank account or popularity stakes. He is doing it because he thinks it is the right thing to do.

"To Thine own self be true". - from Hamlet

 

[Arthur]

Fighting for your political ideas you believe in by staging a concert is "crass in extreme"? Big believer in free speech then?

Why is he doing it though? Leave it to those we elect to do it.

Its worrying that someone would vote for anyone based on the say so of a pop star.

 

[Surf's Up]

PW has stuck with his very publicised principles for a long time, which should be applauded I guess, except sending his kids to private school just like Diane and Shamri (two faced wankers anyone)?

He was known as the angry young man back then, more like the champagne socialist right now. Has been known to fly Easy jet with the hoi ploi , on his way way home from his holiday home in Tuscany..........

.... and from his holiday home in Sotogrande

 

[spring hall convert]

40 posts in and no one's mentioned he's playing with Robert Wyatt.

Bloody philistines.