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DISCOGRAPHY:	Gold Against The Soul
LYRICS:	Nicky Wire and Richey James
MUSIC:	James Dean Bradfield and Sean Moore
QUOTES:	"It's an apocalyptic vision of Britain from the Thatcher years to the 'caring Nineties'. People got so selfish in the Eighties. To me, Roy Lynk (the right-wing leader of the Union of Democratic Mineworkers) was the archetypal Eighties person. He probably thought he was doing people good - but he's a class traitor. I hope that his children grow up to realise that. The media thinks that if you're working class, you've got to be one of two stereotypes - either tipping your cap to your employer, or a drug fiend permanently bombed out your skull. You've got to be a lager lout, or an effete Morrissey fan who never does anything. But working class people can be violent and sensitive." (Richey James)

LYNK, ROY In 1984 the government announced the closure of 20 British pits and dismissed 20,000 jobs. Under the radical presidency of Arthur Scargill, the National Union of Miners (NUM) tried to fight back, declaring a national strike. But, with little support from the British left or public and divided internally, the NUM failed. In the wake of the strike, some miners, lead by Roy Lynk, formed a breakaway moderate union, the Union of Democratic Miners (UDM). The UDM got back to work and ended the strike. MANICS REFERENCE: 'CLOSE THE PITS SANCTIFY ROY LYNK AN O.B.E.' (Gold Against The Soul lyrics) FOR MORE INFORMATION: Miner's situation in GB

OBE abbreviation for 'Officer of the Order of the British Empire' It's a special honor given to some British people for things they have done for their country MANICS REFERENCE: 'CLOSE THE PITS SANCTIFY ROY LYNK AN O.B.E.' (Gold Against The Soul lyrics) FOR MORE INFORMATION: OBE