Harsh but fair.

But the curveball of covers of this is definitely Dave Clark (of Dave Clark Five fame) who made a solo album with a slightly psychedelic version of this (it's a bit Magic Bus).

www.youtube.com/watch?v=L23o...

Marsha Hunt also did a half-decent version.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=GN87...

Do you know about Fairly Secret Army, a C4 comedy that ran for two seasons. Sort of a spin off of Reggie Perrin (kinda), totally about right wing conspiracists etc.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6xC...

I've got both of Beckett’s books (think one is about 70s, and another 80s?), vv good :)

Oh wow, I had no idea, Francis had written something about it. Loved his Marx and Driberg books. Thanks for the tip.

Is there a book that covers that period of paranoia in the 70s?
Ian Gilmour: Conservatives do not worship democracy. For them majority rule is a device ...and if it is leading to an end that is undesirable or is inconsistent with itself, then there is a theoretical case for ending it

YES.

To be fair to the selector, they only had Spring Records releases to choose from, so it wasn't an endless bounty of choice.

Ah ok, gotcha. Yeah, we mentioned it in Last Night, I still have the photocopy of that piece in a loft somewhere!

Can’t work out which is the og post 🤷🏻‍♂️