Let’s Tramp the Tory Party into the Dirt
3 min read 5 days ago
There’s a great, vitriolic Elvis Costello song about former Tory leader Margaret Thatcher, called Tramp the Dirt Down. It’s very relevant to our era.
The song was released in 1989, a decade into the reign of sadistic Thatcher, who imposed a cruel, experimental neoliberalism on Britain, which tore communities apart and left many people destitute. Elvis had started performing the song a couple…