For those who have been asking, this song was inspired by the firm police action (included mounted units) ordered by Mrs Thatcher against the (illegally) striking miners in the famous 1984 strike which broke the power of the unions for ever. Clearly Mark Knopfler's view of events is different to ...
I am amazed how some people can listen to this song and still mouth the same pro-communist/anarchist platitudes as before. Whatever the Upstarts' political views back in the UK, here they are singing in support of Solidarity, the anti-Communist Trade Union led by Lech Walesa, the future President...
For those who have been asking, this song was inspired by the firm police action (included mounted units) ordered by Mrs Thatcher against the (illegally) striking miners in the famous 1984 strike which broke the power of the unions for ever. Clearly Mark Knopfler's view of events is different to ...