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The proceeds from sales of the record were donated to the striking miners' fund. Bragg said, "Revolutions do not start in record shops. But if you write a song like "Between the Wars", you have to come up with the actions to meet it. I don't claim that the
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has all the answers in the U.K., but they took the youth vote for granted in the last election and didn't get it."
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