Stark political wallop delivered perfectly. So heartening to see young people writing and performing this type of music. Makes this old folk singer feel more hopeful.
I'm Sorry I am old ,43. I have lived through the Miners strike and the deprevation of the eighties! You are young and have never seen Toxteth or Greenham commmon, We will fight you, and we will will will out, common sense demands it!!!!!
@anthonyernest1 BTW i'm Scottish & know your language better than you do! Says something about your education system.
I have huge respect for you & what you've been through but i don't think the LibDems deserve what everyone's putting them through. The Tories should be getting more stick than they're getting. I'm not Tory but at the same time i'm not Labour even though i believe in clause 4 of the Lab party. I don't believe Lab do.
Prigg, Go Back to Torville and Dean! You ought to be a politician, The point is not based on the detail of the british language. But in justice for all! We Will fight you every step of the way and you will lose!! You have a modicum of Knowledge of the English language, but if Torville and Dean rock your boat, you are irrelevant!!!!!
@anthonyernest1 what does it matter that i like Torvill & Dean. They are national treasures. Details matter in politics just as much as the big picture stuff. I believe in justice for all just as much as you do & i know you'll only get it by changing the system & the only party that want to do that are the LibDems! As long as the system stays the same then govt & parly never have to listen to you or me.
Labour & the Tories have done worse things on proper stolen votes. They've not only broken promises but they've effectively stolen votes off people who voted for other parties & given them to themselves so they can have a majority to do the terrible & good things that each of them did. Let's not forget Labour sent us to war, topped-up fees(which they had promised not to do at the election as well), introduced ID cards etc on less than 25% of the electorate.
@prigg88 The point surely is many people voted LibDem on their pledge not to increase tuition fees and to abolish them if possible.Those votes were based on a, not if, but or maybe manifesto, but a signed pledge. He is under no illusion that he gained many votes on this pledge alone, but has cynically decided to support a party that is diametrically opposed to liberal values. if the man can't be true to his own pledges, what can he be true to?
@anthonyernest1 I'm sure many people did vote LibDem based on that pledge. Your right in election campaigns manifestos are not seen as not if, but or maybe manifestos but if your the 3rd party in the election you get none of your manifesto. He would then be able to vote against the rise. Both Lab & Tory are diametrically opposed to it & had Lab gained govt they would have raised them. There are some Liberal Tories. Clegg's choice was to get some policies implemented or none or another election.
@anthonyernest1 I'm pretty sure he was true to the second half of the pledge of making the system fairer because i'm pretty sure the Tories would have abolished the cap altogether and made the system like the US. He's ended child detention, raising people out of tax etc. and the four main manifesto commitments are in the coalition agreement & being implemented.
@anthonyernest1 Do you even know what you are talking about? There is a difference between a lie & what Nick Clegg did. A lie is when you knowingly at the time tell someone something that you have every intention of betraying. That is the opposite of what Nick Clegg did! Clegg meant it at the time.
The pledge was in 2 parts. 1. to vote against a rise in tuition fees (ok he broke that but he didn't sign it knowing he would) 2. To lobby govt for a fairer alternative which he didn't break.
@anthonyernest1 You clearly don't understand what happened at the election or coalition government. The election resulted in a hung parliament i.e. no party had a majority of representatives. No party could pass legislation on their own. Do you honestly think a party with 57seats could persuade either the Tories (with 307seats) or Labour (with 258seats) to scrap tuition fees or stop a rise in fees when they're both diametrically opposed to no tuition or a rise in fees. Of course not.
@anthonyernest1 The only way Clegg could prove without a shadow of a doubt that the country wanted his policy or opposed a rise in tuition fees would be a referendum on only that issue & considering the Tories want the policy they'e not going to do that. The only other way it could be on the table is if the LibDems had proper leverage on the Tories or Labour. That could only happen if Clegg had a significantly larger (or the most) number of seats. That's y changing the voting system is important
@prigg88 His job as far as his voters are concerned, is to represent those votes in parliament. It is not to wash his hands of those votes and go his own way, we vote to be represented not sold down the river! I am not a student and have no vested interest but If I promise something, I stick to it, unless I really am unable to make good my promise through no fault of my own! Clegg is supposed to be a man of belief in his politics but chooses to toady to Cameron and has defaulted on peoples trust
@anthonyernest1 The only voters he represents in parliament are those of Sheffield Hallam. yes the students in that seat will probably not vote for him again. We all vote to be represented but the fact is that we're not. i would have voted LibDem but it wouldn't matter coz Lab still would have got in. i would have contributed to a Lab govt. Clegg couldn't make good his promise through no fault of his own. Do you want to know that he's making a difference - look at the Tory right they hate him
Grace, that had me in tears. I tried so hard to be a student activist in the early 90s when they abolished the grant but no one cared. What you people are doing is fantastic. Wait till they go for the public sector, it's a whole lot harder to baton binmen off the street than 17 year old students.
Brilliant. I'm thinking some co-ordinated effort to recreate this? Might take a tambourine and guitar down to my lib dem Mp's office. All credit to you of course :)
This is fantastic song did you really write this yourself ? Very dylan eske ! It really encapsulates the mood of the student protests and the feeling of alot of young people. Well done i'l look forward to hearing more.
Thank you so much for all the lovely comments - I can't believe how many views this has had since I've been asleep! Maybe it'll get all the way to Nick Clegg! ;)
Thanks so much to everyone who has shared it somewhere, I really appreciate it. As for a US version - i'll try anything once... :D
FANTASTIC SONG!! Reposted to my youtube page, facebook, Education Activist Network on fb, "Kettled Generation" on fb, and eight other pages........................
I look forward to hearing more........Subscribed :)
Grace this is incredible! Saw your stuff for the first time today and have spent the entire day linking it to just about everyone I know, your ability to blend powerful political lyrics with heart-wrenching chords is truly incredible. Keep singing and people will listen. This song, or possibly Farewell to welfare could easily be adopted by the masses as their anthem in these awful times.
How fucked is that, never thought I would see protest songs written about lib dems. and never thought I'd agree with them if I did. How far can they fall?
but you're not emily davison, you're a lesbian strumming a guitar outside clegg's empty office.
VengeanceIsMineBitch 11 hours ago
Oh, wow! This is fantastic :) Captures the spirit of the times- Emily would be proud, Grace :)
JamieeTheGreat 1 month ago
I love your music Grace!!!!!
chasepolarbear 5 months ago
Grace I love your song socialisms dream I heard it on tumblr keep up the good work love your music wish i could sing lol
Furzy04 5 months ago
I have the same guitar as you!
Brilliant song :)
sunderlandgrl 5 months ago
So, you've been playing how long now? And how do you write your songs? I'm having a hard time writing mine XD
Greetings from Holland ((PS: Your friend Nimbus sent me here))
Marthio 6 months ago
Stark political wallop delivered perfectly. So heartening to see young people writing and performing this type of music. Makes this old folk singer feel more hopeful.
wordweaver58 7 months ago 4
'All the kings horses and all the kings men couldn't put this country back together again' LOVE IT!
OfficialTypeR 8 months ago
Nick Clegg is a knob end and so is that shiny faced twat david cameron.
Politics aside I like this song.
zenoist2 10 months ago
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sam81292 10 months ago
I'm Sorry I am old ,43. I have lived through the Miners strike and the deprevation of the eighties! You are young and have never seen Toxteth or Greenham commmon, We will fight you, and we will will will out, common sense demands it!!!!!
anthonyernest1 1 year ago
@anthonyernest1 Ok I mis-spelt win!! Rather mis-spelling than dodgy politics!!!
anthonyernest1 1 year ago
@anthonyernest1 BTW i'm Scottish & know your language better than you do! Says something about your education system.
I have huge respect for you & what you've been through but i don't think the LibDems deserve what everyone's putting them through. The Tories should be getting more stick than they're getting. I'm not Tory but at the same time i'm not Labour even though i believe in clause 4 of the Lab party. I don't believe Lab do.
prigg88 1 year ago
I'll top this off with, No, I, won't because it's childish! But people like you make me want to Explode!!!! TW*T!!!!!
anthonyernest1 1 year ago
Prigg, Go Back to Torville and Dean! You ought to be a politician, The point is not based on the detail of the british language. But in justice for all! We Will fight you every step of the way and you will lose!! You have a modicum of Knowledge of the English language, but if Torville and Dean rock your boat, you are irrelevant!!!!!
anthonyernest1 1 year ago
@anthonyernest1 what does it matter that i like Torvill & Dean. They are national treasures. Details matter in politics just as much as the big picture stuff. I believe in justice for all just as much as you do & i know you'll only get it by changing the system & the only party that want to do that are the LibDems! As long as the system stays the same then govt & parly never have to listen to you or me.
prigg88 1 year ago
Labour & the Tories have done worse things on proper stolen votes. They've not only broken promises but they've effectively stolen votes off people who voted for other parties & given them to themselves so they can have a majority to do the terrible & good things that each of them did. Let's not forget Labour sent us to war, topped-up fees(which they had promised not to do at the election as well), introduced ID cards etc on less than 25% of the electorate.
prigg88 1 year ago
@prigg88 The point surely is many people voted LibDem on their pledge not to increase tuition fees and to abolish them if possible.Those votes were based on a, not if, but or maybe manifesto, but a signed pledge. He is under no illusion that he gained many votes on this pledge alone, but has cynically decided to support a party that is diametrically opposed to liberal values. if the man can't be true to his own pledges, what can he be true to?
anthonyernest1 1 year ago
@anthonyernest1 I'm sure many people did vote LibDem based on that pledge. Your right in election campaigns manifestos are not seen as not if, but or maybe manifestos but if your the 3rd party in the election you get none of your manifesto. He would then be able to vote against the rise. Both Lab & Tory are diametrically opposed to it & had Lab gained govt they would have raised them. There are some Liberal Tories. Clegg's choice was to get some policies implemented or none or another election.
prigg88 1 year ago
@anthonyernest1 I'm pretty sure he was true to the second half of the pledge of making the system fairer because i'm pretty sure the Tories would have abolished the cap altogether and made the system like the US. He's ended child detention, raising people out of tax etc. and the four main manifesto commitments are in the coalition agreement & being implemented.
prigg88 1 year ago
well at least the king did nt win the derby that year !
colutd1 1 year ago
I'm 65 and found this inspiring. Keep holding the torch up high Grace.
MyohoSound 1 year ago
I've played it non-stop for ages as well.
There are is 1 line i disagree with - that is about stealing the votes with a lie coz it technically it wasn't a lie.
prigg88 1 year ago
@prigg88 Shut up you knob !!!!!
anthonyernest1 1 year ago
@prigg88 Shut up you knob !!!!! He promised no rise in tuition fees.!!!!!!!
anthonyernest1 1 year ago
@anthonyernest1 Do you even know what you are talking about? There is a difference between a lie & what Nick Clegg did. A lie is when you knowingly at the time tell someone something that you have every intention of betraying. That is the opposite of what Nick Clegg did! Clegg meant it at the time.
The pledge was in 2 parts. 1. to vote against a rise in tuition fees (ok he broke that but he didn't sign it knowing he would) 2. To lobby govt for a fairer alternative which he didn't break.
prigg88 1 year ago
@anthonyernest1 You clearly don't understand what happened at the election or coalition government. The election resulted in a hung parliament i.e. no party had a majority of representatives. No party could pass legislation on their own. Do you honestly think a party with 57seats could persuade either the Tories (with 307seats) or Labour (with 258seats) to scrap tuition fees or stop a rise in fees when they're both diametrically opposed to no tuition or a rise in fees. Of course not.
prigg88 1 year ago
@anthonyernest1 The only way Clegg could prove without a shadow of a doubt that the country wanted his policy or opposed a rise in tuition fees would be a referendum on only that issue & considering the Tories want the policy they'e not going to do that. The only other way it could be on the table is if the LibDems had proper leverage on the Tories or Labour. That could only happen if Clegg had a significantly larger (or the most) number of seats. That's y changing the voting system is important
prigg88 1 year ago
@prigg88 His job as far as his voters are concerned, is to represent those votes in parliament. It is not to wash his hands of those votes and go his own way, we vote to be represented not sold down the river! I am not a student and have no vested interest but If I promise something, I stick to it, unless I really am unable to make good my promise through no fault of my own! Clegg is supposed to be a man of belief in his politics but chooses to toady to Cameron and has defaulted on peoples trust
anthonyernest1 1 year ago
@anthonyernest1 The only voters he represents in parliament are those of Sheffield Hallam. yes the students in that seat will probably not vote for him again. We all vote to be represented but the fact is that we're not. i would have voted LibDem but it wouldn't matter coz Lab still would have got in. i would have contributed to a Lab govt. Clegg couldn't make good his promise through no fault of his own. Do you want to know that he's making a difference - look at the Tory right they hate him
prigg88 1 year ago
The age of the protest song is NOT dead! Excellent stuff Grace!
poetpilot 1 year ago
I cannot stop listening to this song. Brilliant stuff.
kdogra1 1 year ago
Grace, that had me in tears. I tried so hard to be a student activist in the early 90s when they abolished the grant but no one cared. What you people are doing is fantastic. Wait till they go for the public sector, it's a whole lot harder to baton binmen off the street than 17 year old students.
This hasn't even got started yet!
cockneyjack 1 year ago
well done Grace, a fine and moving performance
alisonpage 1 year ago
a very fitting title for an amazing song. I think we've all got the emily davison blues.
Ch1ka 1 year ago
The suffragette's can't save the country now, I can see our government thinking of selling the UK to America before long.
locouk 1 year ago
Yes!
Brilliant. I'm thinking some co-ordinated effort to recreate this? Might take a tambourine and guitar down to my lib dem Mp's office. All credit to you of course :)
j2omangoapple 1 year ago
Release it as a single, if we can get RATM to number one and CATM in the charts (maybe number 1), we certainly can get a protest song there too.
rlbgibbons 1 year ago 9
@rlbgibbons Ooh! Let's get Phil Ochs's 'I ain't marching anymore' there! That has to be a number one!
Marthio 6 months ago
Can you release this, I want it to be Chrismas number 1. I know they still won't listen but it's worth a shot!
rachelnash06 1 year ago 5
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Totally in love with you.
curegreed 1 year ago
Great song. You were also brilliant at the Leftfield this year, hope to see a return in 2011 :)
sisterofmercy02 1 year ago
This is beautiful. x
eminlondon 1 year ago
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eminlondon 1 year ago
2 people hand must of missed when they clicked dis like
NKwame25 1 year ago 2
@NKwame25 No, they didn't slip.. that was our countrys coalition leaders.
locouk 1 year ago 2
Amazing! You remind of billy bragg.
2321loulou 1 year ago
This is absolutely terrific.
johnrawls1 1 year ago
This is fantastic song did you really write this yourself ? Very dylan eske ! It really encapsulates the mood of the student protests and the feeling of alot of young people. Well done i'l look forward to hearing more.
safcfan100 1 year ago
Thank you so much for all the lovely comments - I can't believe how many views this has had since I've been asleep! Maybe it'll get all the way to Nick Clegg! ;)
Thanks so much to everyone who has shared it somewhere, I really appreciate it. As for a US version - i'll try anything once... :D
xxx
GracePetrieMusic 1 year ago 5
@GracePetrieMusic God bless you girl and your music
zenoist2 10 months ago
This is excellent! I'll post it on my wall....Well done! All the best!
Myniog 1 year ago
FANTASTIC SONG!! Reposted to my youtube page, facebook, Education Activist Network on fb, "Kettled Generation" on fb, and eight other pages........................
I look forward to hearing more........Subscribed :)
GO GRACE!
07butterflygirl07 1 year ago
Brilliant! Can you please adapt this song for us in the USA? I love this !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
kaneandcompany 1 year ago
Grace this is incredible! Saw your stuff for the first time today and have spent the entire day linking it to just about everyone I know, your ability to blend powerful political lyrics with heart-wrenching chords is truly incredible. Keep singing and people will listen. This song, or possibly Farewell to welfare could easily be adopted by the masses as their anthem in these awful times.
DeviousAlpha 1 year ago
nice song (y) been playing it non-stop :D
NKwame25 1 year ago 16
good song love it
bamfonk 1 year ago
Really great song
heds777TV 1 year ago
Love it.
jpcorcoran1980 1 year ago
How fucked is that, never thought I would see protest songs written about lib dems. and never thought I'd agree with them if I did. How far can they fall?
tinnitus2000 1 year ago 5
Brilliant song!
Bopsable 1 year ago
Awesome. Great song Grace.
gs3snowyowl 1 year ago
Thanks very much - If I get an invite then I will definitely be at Leftfield next year, come hell or high water :) xxxx
GracePetrieMusic 1 year ago 3
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Good effort Grace. Are you gonna be back at LeftField in the Summer???
pgl0897 1 year ago