Sleaford Mods interview: Why would you be proud of being British?
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- čas přidán 11. 01. 2021
- Jason Williamson is the vocalist in Sleaford Mods. He spoke to Oli Dugmore about Brexit, capitalism and Englishness.
Sleaford Mods' new album, Spare Ribs, is out 15th January 2021.
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“We’re still living on the grounds of the estate “
is such a true fact for the majority of people
in the UK.
I voted for Brexit as a protest, in response to Whitehall ignoring the North after 2008. I felt leaving the EU would be chaos and the government would never let it happen. But the 3 amigos Cameron, Farage and Johnson crapped themselves afterward like the cowards they are. I am the fool and paying for it.
Don't worry, you aren't paying for it on your own. A load of us remainers are too.
I voted leave, and I have absolutely no regrets at all. None. I’d vote leave again tomorrow.
@@mickmarsbar81 Good for you m8
@@axelusul Why, thank you sir. Not sure if you were being slightly sarcastic but I’m feeling happy and positive. May I say you weren’t a fool for voting the way you did, the problem is with the way ‘brexit’ was delivered. The withdrawal negotiations were conducted by like you say, a bunch of simpering cowards who treated the entire thing like a damage limitation exercise. Anyone with an ounce of business nous could see exactly how that was going to end up.
An old school proper left wing Labour government would’ve made a far better job of it. Yes, I’m old enough to remember when Labour campaigned to leave (partly due to the undercutting of wages and cheap migrant labour that free movement of people brings, and most so-called lefties are in favour of these days, strangely) and the Tories wanted us to remain (for the same reason!)
I don’t recognise the Labour Party anymore, and I despise them just as much as the Conservatives.
Have a great day!
@@MeMyselfAndEyez in what way are you paying for it?
"We are living on the grounds of the estate" great quote, have never heard that before. Depressingly true.
Incredibly interesting video and viewpoints.
its pretty much been like that for eons now and it is getting worse
@@terraspent It doesn't have to be that way. Vote red and tax, tax, tax!
That is a great quote.
Absolutely insightful, sums it up well. Read this thing once about how you can never actually leave the class you are born into despite wealth. you're still looked down on by the toffs, youre still not one of them and never will be. If you've ever queued for a flight looked across at the Business Class queue and you judge them all anyway."hes minted", "How the fk did he afford it?". "work must be paying for him". Its born into us.
I feel exactly the same about Corbyn. I was so excited that we had a politician with real values but then he was anonymous during the Brexit debate. He could have made up the 4% difference. I also assume he wanted to leave the EU.
You can't sell a neoliberal organised labour crippling free trade zone as a socialist ideal. You can't sell it as anything other than a sack of shit that socialists have always wanted out of. I could not, and will never, forgive what was done to Syriza and the Greek people. Most of the 2017 manifesto would have been impossible if we weren't getting out. Free movement of capital and labour only hurts working class power, helps businesses run away from and so veto taxation and regulation, and freedom of establishment requires contracting out of public services to enable market access for companies from across the bloc. Inasmuch as we want to end all, that, rebuild union stength and force up workers' pay as a share of business costs and GDP, we couldn't do any of that without getting out, and then there's the risk of getting dictated to like Syriza was, and having cabinet changes and government changes imposed like has happened to Italy twice in the last few years, to stop them ending austerity.
@@patrickholt2270 As one of the main powers in the bloc with major opt outs we absolutely could have done a lot more to address your concerns within our own shores without needing to leave completely - and had we stayed we could have helped to drive improvements across the board where we saw problems. What boggles my mind is that Tory and Labour leavers both believe absolutely that we had to leave to be truly sovereign - just for diametrically opposed reasons that leave someone like me (historically Labour / Lib Dem >strong< Remainer) with no obvious political home any more. From my own experience, I worked in DE for two years and have spent probably another year of my life in total travelling and working across the EU, CH and Nordics. You talk about pay and workers rights etc needing to be improved - look at the EU working time directive, or how Germany handles Unions, Workers' Councils, holidays and unemployment benefits. Look at the strength of the unions in France and their retirement age, working benefits etc. It's just >not true< to say we had to leave to make things better for the workers in this country - we've elected govs who are turning us into the US-lite, that's never been the fault of the EU.
Jeremy Corbyn voted for Britain to leave the European Economic Community (EEC) in the 1975 European referendum.
Jeremy Corbyn opposed the creation of the European Union (EU) under the Maastricht Treaty - speaking and voting against it in Parliament in 1993. During the 2016 referendum campaign, Left Leave highlighted repeated speeches he made in Parliament opposing Europe during 1993.
Jeremy Corbyn voted against the Lisbon Treaty on more than one occasion in Parliament in 2008.
In 2010, Jeremy Corbyn voted against the creation of the European Union’s diplomatic service.
Jeremy Corbyn voted for a referendum on Britain’s membership of the EU in 2011 (breaking the Labour whip to do so).
In 2011 Jeremy Corbyn also opposed the creation of the EU’s European Stability Mechanism, which helps members of the Euro in financial difficulties. (This vote is a good example of how Corbyn votes with hardcore Euro-sceptics. Only 26 other MPs joined him in voting against, and in their number are the likes of right-wing Euro-sceptics such as Peter Bone, Douglas Carswell, Bill Cash, Ian Paisley Junior and John Redwood.)
Jeremy Corbyn opposed Britain’s participation in the EU’s Banking Authority in 2012.
If your British identity doesnt transcend the current state of politics its not worth having.
Voting is useful as a strategic act to mitigate harm. If i wait around for a party that is going to perfectly align with all my ideals i will never vote. There are other ways to engage in democracy, yes, but when you have an unusually dangerous prospect as a candidate you also have a responsibility to prevent the harm that they are attempting to instigate.
I love to see Jason representing the East Mids in the music scene, making us proud!
Slight problem - your thesis doesn't stand up in reality. Voting in a two party system changes nothing if those two parties only listen to oligarchs, and not The People. This is why populism has reared its ugly head. I suggest that you read Loneregan and Blyth's book "Angrynomics" to better understand why cynical politicians and oligarchs together with a threatened media have conspired to hijack our political process for their own ends, and in the process effectively nullify democracy.
@@BigHenFor Except they dont 'only listen to oligarchs'. Money in politics is a problem, it always has been, but that doesnt mean you bin everything and sink into apathy, or turn to violence. You play the hand youre dealt as best you can and keep pushing forward, and as long as votes are still counted and politicians abide by the results democracy is an important tool we can use.
Populism is such a nebulous term, i'm not sure how useful it is. Thanks for the book recommendation.
@@BigHenFor "complicit media".........you are right about the 2 party state.....I feel that is why momentum was so important to overthrow the corporate wing of the labour party
I so agree with you on this - people in (so called) first world countries really seem to take having a vote for granted as if they will never lose it. I personally can't think of a single non democratic country I'd like to live in. As the now maligned (but often quoted) Churchill said: 'Democracy is the worst form of government, except for all the others'
This guy was interviewing himself
Nice to hear a true man speak about what he really feels is true.
Good interview Oli and Jason. Wishing you both well and embracing the bleakness in solidarity!
This interview is magic, I fucking love this guy so much, and the interviewer is really good too! Make a new album Jason, I need to send you some more money.
Great interview
He’s such a balanced and real
Guy ,I really like him and his music
The EU is not the worker's friend many people like to think it is, ask Greece
cannot disagree with one word Jason says in this interview.....awesome interview
I would disagree with his view on leaving the EU.
Agree with everything else , makes him hate me oh well
@@jameshodgkins559 I'm still waiting on these so called 'benefits' of leaving the EU. So far its been 100% negatives, much like was predicted. Whenever I ask someone what the benefits are, either I get some xenophobic rant about immigrants that doesn't move me one jot, or I have to listen to some tirade about sovereignty and Britain being some sort of magical place of wonder. But as for actual tangible benefits, nope, none whatsoever. Before you say it, no I don't spend all my time listening to the 'mainstream media', and no I'm not middle-class either. I'm just desperately seeking some answers as to why we left the EU, because it's been nearly 5 years now and nothing of any actual benefit to working class Brits like myself have actually appeared in any shape or form.
@@lloroshastar6347 , your right at moment no difference & in the future will there be any real difference, I be surprised.
Its all a load of bollicks.
They way I look at it is there’s a whole fkn world out there & Parliament is full of cnts & so is the EU .
Got to be better for the rest of world to have a free & open market. Instead of groups off well off countries acting all clicky .
I forgot being in the EU was like getting in a hot bath with all bubbles after a hard day ahhh it was lovely the good old days when we was in the Eu
@@jameshodgkins559 It's less about some well off countries being cliquey and more that EU members have trade benefits that the rest of the world don't have. What with Europe being on our doorstep it was our biggest trading partner by a long way. Now we have lost all the benefits those trade deals gave us and barely got anything from the rest of the world we were already trading with anyway. We've lost a lot, gained fuck all.
@@lloroshastar6347 Dennis Healey even said if everyone knew what we were signing up to by joining the common market we'd never have done it (that's googleable btw), it was sold as a trade deal but was always a drive toward a centralised power which is always a doomed dynamic, we got out the EU and now we can trade by (and for) ourselves with as many other countries as possible, the idea that we've left because we 'hate the french' is so backward and disingenuous (they do pong a bit mind)
Props to Jason and Joe
I’d fucking love to see Jason talking to Piers Morgan.
I’d love to see Jason kicking the shit out of him, but I wouldn’t want to get him in trouble. Come to think of it, anyone would do for that job. Way overdue
Great interviewer. Jason... SLEAFORD... what legends
Could listen to Jason all day. Talking, i mean. Musically it’s almost the only band apart from the fall that really interest me. But who really needs more than one band to want you to live the next day and the next… hopefully sleaford mods will be as prolific as the fall have been. They make my life so much better.
I feel exactly the same way. Except substitute the fall with GbV.
@@jicabo1 guided by voices? Never heard anything from them… they are worth my time you say…? Where do i start?
Wow, wasn't expecting such a quick reply. Hi and how do you do? Yeah, the cult of gbv/pollard is similar to the cult of the fall in that it is a very daunting discography by a particularly cocky front man. I haven't taken the fall dive myself. If you give me a good starter album or 2 or 3, I'll sweat and try to return the favor for GbV.
Just checked out your channel. Good stuff, man.
@@jicabo1 thx a lot for the kind words!
Pure class x
I see what you did there - nice one.
The blokes middle class from Grantham
Rejecting the centrist status quo but happy to support the EU centrist technocracy? Talking out his arse.
Mork and Mindy. ..a total beauty, song,music and a super video,love...thanks. ..
Interesting point about the talk of the 'blitz spirit' and the way WW2 language has been used a lot by the papers in the pandemic. To have lived through the blitz and have any awareness or memory of it you'd have to be 90+ now. I think the papers are speaking to a lot of 60-90 year olds that grew up in the years following the second world war, kids who would have seen a lot of movies like The Dambusters and played with toys based on tanks, spitfires etc. I think this language almost has a nostalgic link to their childhood for many of them.
It would be easy to pass it off as that yes, thing is those who talk British pride have already had that discussion and distanced themselves from mere 'Spitfire Nationalism' (yes it has a name) and concern themselves more with our capacity to cope, absorb, trade, build, our sense of fair play, our part in abolishing transatlantic slavery, our sense of infra-structure, organisation, etc. literally all the things we're respected for the world over and what draws people/s here, I'm proud of my culture for all these things, I don't want to go conquer anyone but I'm also not shy of the brutal reality of the times of conquer or be conquered, sure WW2 exhibited all those aforementioned traits along with that 'stiff upper lip' but the romanticism depicted in movies was just propaganda of the time, I think people who find patriotism petty perhaps don't realise we've made that distinction, we're not twats tearfully saluting a flag before bedtime lol we've just joined plenty of self-evident dots, what we were taught at school, what tv, music, literature has thrown at us, how all of it has cultivated us to hate ourselves, feel shame and prostrate ourselves, manyof us have seen through it, and now we see our black and brown friends and family being turned against us too, 30 years ago we were all raving together in a field together (best of British :)
@@npc3po301 Spot on fella
@NPC3P0 Thanks that helped me.
Brilliant point
5:17 The Labour Party need to use this as their new slogan.
That would imply they're offering anything different. It's back to one party, two names again.
I did vote leave. But I do like Sleaford Mods.
Golden. Jason and the Sleaford Mods are Golden!!!
Isn't that Baking Daddy?
Great interview, Based.
Totally agreed on this. No choice anymore, All the same.
Anyone notice how much his accent changes depending on who's interviewing him? I'm not talking about toning the accent down if he's talking to a Yank (which clearly makes sense) he was talking to another Brit? I've heard interviews where you can barely detect his Nottingham accent, he sounded middle class London.
PoliticsJoe was the interview. Does he say that plays a character in his songs?
'I thought drugs gave me an edge' was the one. Even here the accent comes and goes? I know he lived in London for a long time trying to be an actor?
it could be code switching which means its natural or it could be an affectation
If you don’t vote does your vote go to the party in power.? That’s what I was led to believe, I’m not sure if it’s correct
I wish there was more about the music... ❤️ the music
The clues in the name of the channel.
yep fully agree - farage and Johnson have a lot to answer for !
Well shouldn't that be the people who voted for them ? They didn't have a gun to anybodies head ?
Sleaford Mods are it.
How to dye beard as well as hair? 🤔
Have people told him he sounds a lot like John Lydon when rapping/singing?
Ian dury too
Does he fuck...doesn't sound fuck all like Ian Dury either
@@stewartchampion4260 hit the nail on the head there mate
No John sounds better. This guys a posh boy pretending to be working class
Always nice to hear some sense!
I have close Friends who voted Leave,and Remain. I was disappointed to hear Jason`s comments,cos i love the Fella. I just found it odd. I watched a lot of Political program's,such as Question Time,This Week,etc,and all i heard was how bad the EU were. For a decade at least. Then all that seemed to be forgotten. I don`t truthfully now what the future holds,but i have heard the opinions of Friends on either side,and they are well thought out opinions,not fuelled by Xenophobia. Some parts of the UK were affected differently to others. I have worked for companies where i was the only english guy. The guys working there could barely speak a word of english. The supervisor was from their country,as was the manager. When i needed help in performing my tasks,i had nobody to go to. Other companies had a mix of nationalities,and English became the language we conversed in. Other parts of the UK did not have such a massive influx of foreign citizens,hence their attitudes would likely be different. I am of the mind that a democratic result should be respected. I was convinced that Remain would win the result. I can see both sides of the argument and i feel Jason is being unfair to a lot of people,by lumping them in with those who hold toxic views. I bet at one of their gigs,it would probably be a 50/50 split. The Band hold strong viewpoints and the majority of their audience are on board with that. Dont insult them in this way. It`s possible to be a remainer,without thinking all leavers are Cunts,and vice versa. I met the Band,and they were both absolute Gents. I remain a massive fan,but using a word like Hate,saddened me.
What companies did you work for where you were the only English speaking person?
@@chris45rpm John Lewis
"Im not gonna vote" then you'll eventually lose the right to vote. Choose independent candidates and break the party system, thats the way forward
good interview
This guy is like Owen Jones after a 30 year battle with a heroin addiction
haha, I mean, insomuch that a 30 year heroin addiction would transform anyone into a moody old bastard, then yes. Just to be clear I have to lot admiration for Jason but I think he'd be the first to admit he's a bit moody....perhaps not a bastard
Love it.
..not really,as a 51yr old former heroin addict,all my heroin using friends and acquaintances are dead....other than that,good point....
Why would you say that? Jason looks like a relatively fit guy for his age both mentally and physically. Absolute garbage comment
Lol brilliant
Labour..Party of The Woking Class..keep pushing us into the arms of the Conservative party...Will you ever learn..
Deluded Tory voter has bit
👍🏿
I feel the same. I am ashamed I live in Australia and what Australia has become.
If democracy isn’t to his taste then which political system does he endorse?
How can a Christian nation with a religious head of State and Bishops in Parliament be proud?
Is that not the worst sin?
Two intellectual heavyweights toing and froing.Breathtaking !
Hardly. Said fuck all really.
@@techtipsuk
Exactly.Isn't it hilarious when staunch left wingers wet their pants over the EU. Beyond parody .
@@techtipsuk yeah, all he did was whinge, moan and complain. Didn't come up with any answers though did he?
He is real. He is 20p in the 10p mix
What an interesting interview. Jason mentions the intense hatred he feels for brexturds. I've been thinking it's just me feeling that way and beginning to worry as I don't think I've ever really hated anyone before. The isolation of lockdown has been a godsend as being around people makes my skin crawl.
I can't help but share his feelings around the 'english' identity. So well articulated.
"England's dancing days are done"..................
DEBUNKED: I cut a rug to a Madness tune just this morning
top bloke
Seems to be a lot of disappointed right wing flag wavers on here
There is no right wing, just regular common sense folk trying to stay afloat in a sea of leftist piss, I've been on the spiciest sites, followed the 'scariest' online dissidents and still haven't come across any card carrying swastika-inked Nazis, it's BS and one day it'll click and you'll see it, be well
@@callithowiseeit5806 hear hear!
@@callithowiseeit5806There is no right wing? National Action, BNP, Britain First - all a figment of our imagination yeah?
Why the hate from jason? You sound like some American ya weapon.
"God knows whoever else".....you mean the jamaicans, west Indians, Kenyans, punjabis, Bengalis, Gurkhas, Irish who were subsequently criminalised by the tens of thousands upon their arrival to Mother GB post war
And yet they stayed ......
@@pauloconnor5101 no thanks to the establishment.....and windrush would be another exception friend
@@pauloconnor5101 Because they'd given up everything they had to move over when asked to come here and had no alternative but to make it work.
@@robbiecoleuk lol ok even when they have done well they still stay this country is not as bad as people like to make it there are always choices people can make.
@@pauloconnor5101 This country is one of the richest in the world (for now, albeit with massive wealth disparity not really appreciated by the people at the lower end of the income spectrum) and yes oddly people will put up with a lot if it means their families will be better off and their kids have more opportunities than the parents did. That doesn't excuse a load of racist b0llox being thrown their way.
I love him. He is socialist. And wants what is fair for all.
At his age, he has to have the emotional maturity to get past hate. It's just wasted energy and negativity. Nothing good about it, and he admits that somewhat but can't get past it. At least in the short run.
Naatamean, are ya?
I thought Jason was pro-worker and anti-corporate, but forgets how for decades unions protested to leave the EU (until they received EU funding) The EU is the epitome of corporatism
Yep, here Jason is wrong about that. I'm an Italian who lives in UK since long time and I can say better than these so-called "remainers" and their BS how really bad and what incalculable damage EU is doing in the last 20 years... Brits have been very lucky to escape from this European mess without an economic bloodbath, even with the covid crisis still going on... and I'd recommend for these "remainers" to do a different trip in places not "designed" for tourists, in Greece, Spain, France or my country, where regular people live and they can have the real taste of the fucking EU - it will make cities like Belfast a first-rate town in comparison!
@@sonountaleban 'these remainers' as you call them would be your only allies if the Leavers got their total way...and kicked all foreigners out of the UK...of which you are one. Capito?
@@BelpassoOilandWineCo No, f*cking europeist.
Yep, his stance on the EU is so weak. He doesn’t seem to have much of a clue about it at all. He just spouts a lot of propaganda, just like he accuses pro-leavers of doing.
Oli - get out your kitchen bonny lad.
Love his music. After hearing some of the comments in here though, I won't be fucking buying any more of it.
The digs at the leave voters are just as easily applied to remain, but if it had of all been done in an adult way it could of been good all round.
69 Tories can do one 🥊
It's a shame that Jason has such a lack of education on the Left's tradition of Euroscepticism. I'd hoped people like him would be able to understand that people like Corbyn and other Lexiters have good reason to Leave. It shows he fell for the same propaganda he thinks Leavers fell for. He seems convinced it's about racism and xenophobia despite having so little knowledge. He's fueling hate and division for no reason other than his lack of awareness.
Hopefully He will use the space that is now afforded to him that he alluded to, to learn a bit more on the subject. Whilst I believe his and anyone's anger is totally real. This anger, and any anger is only exaggerated in a divide. If someone is showtin... they sure as hell not listening that's for sure. I get his anger, yet when it comes down to the 'table' we all gotta learn that there are and have always been powers that seek to divide our communion. But after all we get to choose our own response. I am rooting for you Jason. My door is always open to you. Acknowledging falling prey to the the draw of buying tat is promising. Imagining a Sleaford Mods unplugged now 🤯 I would go to that gig. 🤣
Nowadays I am trying to only say stuff that seeks to heel. Isn't the UK traumatised by it's own history?. Are we are slowly waking up to this?. 🤷♂️ Check out the Righteous Mind by Jonathan Haidt, and/or Small is Beautiful by E H Shumacher. Go light buddy. Maybe see you in N'castle 02 👂👂👂👂
I won't deny , I was pretty shocked to hear that Jason hates everyone who voted leave. In a world that is trying to remove itself from hate in the "grounds of the estate", Im pretty appalled by that. I'm definitely remain, certainly don't hate the majority around me.
twinpotracer,that is how i think.Glad it wasn`t just me who felt uneasy with His comments.
@@davidscargil9145 I fully agree with majority of his statements. Challenging people on their political opinions is a positive thing. But, to openly stand there and condone hate, pure hatred was an eyebrow twitcher. I assume he rather be poor than sell a record to a brexit supporter.
I don't know where the world is going but I do know either side of the fence is a dark place.
@@twinpotracer I am the same as You. I met them at a record signing and that night saw them live. I have watched hours of His interviews. As an Old Punk,I Loved them the first time i heard them. I have everything by them. I do hope it is something He will have a long hard think about. I have been irritated by people on either side of the argument. I thought trying to get a 2nd Referendum was crazy. When General Elections are close,and the Conservatives get in ..... That`s how things go. Either way i know i`m going to be Fucking Poor. Ha ha Thank You for the reply. It`s good to know i wasn`t the only one who found the "Hate" word being bandied about,rather startling.
@@davidscargil9145 👊 sound brother. Have a good 2021
He also said that the only thing he could find enjoyment in was hating those who lived Britain.
:O
The only musician that talks sense when he talks about politics, is Roger Daltrey, when he said the EU were like the Mafia.
He also said Brexit wouldn’t stop bands touring in Europe. Then he signed a letter complaining about how Brexit was stopping musicians touring in Europe. That makes him pretty stupid.
@@carpog Not really, before the EU, bands like the Who were touring Europe with no problems, the EU are just making it difficult now because they’re bitter because of us leaving. He basically wrote a letter to them to stop acting like spoilt kids.
@@jimmyskyblue6057 It might come as a surprise to you but the world has changed since the 60s. EU didn’t change any rules, the UK voted to end free movement and this is the result. This narrative that after Brexit, the EU singled us out for special treatment to get revenge is straight out of the tabloids. The UK is now a third country in the eyes of the EU (our choice) and this is what it feels like. The fact Daltrey signed that letter and still thinks it’s because the EU are playing games shows how thick he is.
Love 🇬🇧 💪 🇬🇧
Maybe they should read 'Small Is Beautiful': A Study of Economics As If People Mattered is a collection of essays by German-born British economist E. F. Schumacher. The EU is just a bloated parasitical bureaucracy, so is Westminster and so is the House of Lords. But the bigger a bureaucracy gets the less accountable it becomes, the EU is opaque, there is no transparency. We as individuals had less say in the EU than we have at Westminster, which isn't much but at least we can vote them out. There is no 'WE', the myths that are promulgated by many parties is that 'WE' will have control if we vote for them, no 'WE' wont. The people that are politicians, local, national and international are all about themselves; it's totally naive to believe that someone else will represent your interests. Its the same beans in the can, no matter what supermarket you buy it from. Jason Williamson makes interesting music but his political opinions just sound naive. The EU are not as beneficial and as altruistic as an organisation that he thinks it is, the EU has for decades controlled Africa through detrimental trading tariffs, one of the reasons why it's an impoverished continent and also why so many are fleeing it. If the EU eventually becomes One State then we will be in bother, because with so much power it can ignore its population. And all it takes is either an extreme right or left wing group to control it and we are looking either Nazi Germany or Soviet style Russia in control. You know what the say about left and right, eventually both wings touch in a circle. 'Why would you be proud of being British?' Nationalism/patriotism “ does nothing but teach you to hate people you never met, and to take pride in accomplishments you had no part in.” And that's what the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany used and the EU could do the same if whoever is control decided to use that tool, but the bigger something is the more effective it is, the voice of decent is easily squashed, just look at China.
Would love a nationalist EU superstate. Shame it's never gonna happen.
@@supahnubzwhy? You not bright enough to think for yaself?
What were European Parliamentary elections then? And the EU was very different to the one referenced in Schumacher's essays back in 1973. And yes, I have read it.
Love Jason's music. But his negativity of his heritage and hatred of nationalism is a little misplaced and short sighted. There are plenty of countries who are proud of their nationality and are not knuckle draggers. Its easy to complain I guess
Champagne for this socialist please hes getting salty dry
Would you prefer if he was a champagne capitalist
Being Scottish, we are very fucking annoyed, regarding useless voting systems! It's much worse for us, ok! Roll on Independance.....
common law, ending slavery? Fighting alone against Hitler?
Who fought alone against Hitler?
Who ended slavery?
Jason Williamson is not clued up enough to have any valid comments on serious issues. Sorry.
Can you elaborate on this?
@@YoungTowser I'm being harsh but the vague rambling that doesn't really say anything starts to get to me. Those with all the capital control everything and make a fortune doing nothing useful to society whilst those that do all the useful work in society barely get enough to survive on. Will his rambling ever lead him to a straightforward statement like that?
@@MN-kp2lm Think you've just described human nature.
@@YoungTowser So, what is human nature and show me some studies that have defined what it is? You won't be able to. Yet everyone repeats the same received wisdom you are reciting there like a parrot. It's very good for those who benefit from stopping these things being considered though.
More college politics.
As opposed to primary playground politics?
@@gerrabath no. as opposed to grown ups talking. "I hate them" to people who differ. how worldly and embracing?
I thought this guy was gonna be cool 😎,,,
he just an Owen Jones who swears more! A shit caricature of a working class person
I hate the attitude. You might not like the current state of affairs or the political shambles, but there's plenty to be proud of. Even in community spirit. The artists and culture of the place. If people had more national pride the UK wouldn't feel like such a dustbin. Doesn't make you a fascist to love our national identity. The little things you'd miss if you lived abroad.
Blows my mind anyone would think they aren't lucky to come from the UK. Plenty of people are risking life and limb to get here. I see and read reports of conditions in certain other countries and think never take this for granted.
Pride goeth before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.
I'm no Christian but, there's a lot to be understood about that statement.
From my perspective, the community spirit, the artists and culture are nothing to do with nationalism or patriotism, and more to do with the expression of and respect for yourself, your fellow man, the earth you have inherited and the general maintenance of our collective existence.
Mate people aren't going to start picking up litter if only they loved the Queen a bit more.
Why not. I do.
@@scruffyp9480 I litter pick my local beck, scene of the Battle of Winwaed, and I can assure you at no point does royalty, nationalism or unionism come into my thinking. More, I loved having the beck as a place to go as a kid, as I do now, and it would be a shame for it to be left as a dustbin for generations to come and the kids of today. Not to mention, but I'm gonna! the abundance of nature and the genuine joy it brings, the healing effects of the trees, the people you meet, the fresh air.. The Queen isn't responsible for any of those things, the Union Flag would only be of use as something to warm you up or as a blanket.
@@scruffyp9480 Good for you lad, I'm sure, picking up the litter because of your love for the Queen and your "national identity".
Hate those who think differently politically. Don't speak to leave voters. Who is this obscure bigot? And what's the use of an interview without challenge?
Is the whole channel like this?
You're not familiar with their music then eh
Didn't like the result lets do it till I do loosers
Loosers? BoL!
Can't even spell, typical Gammon, thick as mince
@@tonytango7253 Gammon? Thick as mince? Is this middle class Bingo?
@MadArticDriver Collapses on knees clutching stomach, falls forward onto face, lifts head, gurgles "...never"
With invincible respect. I disagree.
Am 58 years old have never voted .
Second referendum. Erm... Democracy anyone?
Like the music, hate the politics. Politics is very boring. Lockdowns are shit.
Yet his lyrics are about as full to the brim with politics as you can get.
@@gerrabath I think his lyrics are full of what's life like for most. I just think his politics are biased and doesn't realize that Labour are scum too.
Dislikes the democratic system in the UK... loves the non-democratic mega nanny state EU. What a silly billy.
Leaving the EU has fucked the UK over so hard. If you can't see that you're blind.
@@almo2001 Well i must be as blind as a bat then.
@@almo2001 ...erm... if the UK was still in the EU, we wouldn't have any Covid 19 vaccines. Just one reason in thousands to be glad we're out.
@@MK_ultra_ the UK was not tied to the EU vacine process. In or out it had a choice. Other EU countries are doing their own thing. The NHS is delivering this miraclle not Johnson. The same NHS the could have delivered track and trace. The conservatives gave it to their friends. Stop mixing these things up. We are out. Now open your eyes.
@@johnhughes5333 You are confused.
Drivel.
No u.
Censorship is a bitch . I put a big long rant on here but it didnt fit the agenda and its been taken down.
Was it about convid and how Jason is "just gonna toe the line" like a good little bitch boy?
Low brow Nihilism.
What a pathetic reaction, I'm just gonna toe the line.
My thoughts exactly mate...he's a sheep.
Im a fan but your position on remain is complete nonsense and this pandemic is clearly showing that up.
The UK could have done exactly the same as part of the EU. This is a fact.
Full of hate. Might as well leave the country.
Well good music but another victim to the system. Listen to THE FISHCAKES
No.
@@dewdop most definitely yes
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Diddums
Two pound- shop Lord Adonis'...
Pretentious, predictable piffle.
Two middle class Remainers- of the edgy variant mourning the abolishment of the EU status quo directly in opposition to the Working Class.
How are they "middle class" and how is being in opposition to leaving the EU "directly in opposition to the working class"? Sure that's not just a bit of edgy contrarianism in itself?
The working class has become adept at voting against their own interests and celebrating it while declaring themselves victims when anyone points it out. Literally no leaver can say how it will make their life better. Not one. Brainwashed buffoons.
@@MLGballyMeisterSamBall I know, right. The EU's policy on vaccination is a case in point.
Jason Williamson not middle class.
I was middle-class until about the age of 4, 30 years later I'm still working class but I made it a point to become educated, to listen to and read academic sources and not just suckle the teat of the media. I can tell you this for sure, leaving the EU has done fuck all for the working classes, it somewhat benefits some of the middle classes and mostly benefits the upper classes, absolutely nothing about it benefits the working class.
I like his music but his political outlook feels like it's a badge or an identity. Like his hatred of tories is part of his carefully constructed edgy northern projected persona. So unfortunately that makes him a total twat in my book. Pity really. Hate pretence though.
made this point to him on twitter & he got quite upset, his working class persona is at odds with his views on Brexit, most likely because most of his fans are middle class rebelious types who have no clue about growing up in a working class envoirenment. He's playing to the crowd, which is sad as i was a fan when i thought they were authentic. But draw a line when he boasts about "punching leavers in the face" . total twat
@@Tonysss131 very true. It must be galling that the political force that makes such a large part of his persona no longer represents the English working class ( ie. Him) and now stands for that demographic he despises. He doesn't go this far but does concede there is no-one left for him to vote for, but it's tantamount to the same. Essentially, I think he's going to have to address this in his message or become a repeating record, banging on about a set of injustices that no-one remembers or even cares about. You could imagine a shrink telling him it's time to move on.
@@pc2753 To be fair, watching the working class being convinced by UKIP and the Tories ( ie. parties that are so far removed economically from anything that would benefit them) is galling, depressing, disheartening, annoying and just fucking wank basically! Can't really speak to the guys authenticity, only heard a couple of tracks through the one they did with The Prodigy. He just seems pissed off and frustrated and I can sympathise, if indeed they are genuine emotions. Hahaha
@@MrGABBBBA fair point mate.
If working class people really understood the ramifications of leaving, they would not have voted for it. They didn't understand because they were lied to.
Insufferable.
Well he won't be getting my money, as i'm one of the people he hates so much.
Why wouldn't you be proud to be British?
How about your tory party? Michael gove is british, yes? Maybe more embarrassment than a loss of pride these days I will give you that Jethro.
You all seem to believe anything the tv and right wing press and your politicians tell you without questioning it, (at least a fraction of you do), and that's not a good look.
Your footballers have to make a stand for children in poverty to get some food in lockdown, no? Does it make you proud your english tory govt don't care and actually seem to be making money off the back of it?
It's bit of a generalisation I agree but, at this moment in time, your isolationism in leaving the biggest trading block in the world based on your willingness to believe liars and your disastrous handling of covid-19 .... proud of that?
I agree though it's not a british thing, it's more of an english thing isn't it? Seems that way from here in holland.
Good luck to you Jethro my british cousin.
We are wishing you the best outcome from all of this.
@@salmonesque Why would you root your identity in something as unstable as the current state of the ruling party? or the political landscape, come to that. I see no reason to position Michael Gove as the exemplar by which Britishness should be judged.
@@bearheart2009 Unstable political landscape? You will have tory rule well into the 20s and probably 30s if johnson delivers the vaccine efficiently. Then again the words johnson and efficient are rarely used in a sentence together so you never know. The political landscape may be unstable but your wonderful tories are holding all the cards.
I didn't mean gove is the personification of britishness - he's just such an embarrassing example of humanity i'd feel a little ashamed if i was british and he was a representative of my country.
(Although i think he's actually scottish like half of trump but at time of writing Scotland is still part of britain. WTF Scotland?) Forgive me, it's childish and not clever but my god .... gove!!!???
I wouldn't feel pride if i was a brit around the world at the moment ... you've been duped and cheated and played by your ruling elite. If i was a brit i wouldn't feel very proud about this.
Your NHS staff and frontline/key workers must be an immense source of pride for your country but why vote for the party that's dismantling it?
Why do so many of your people believe what they read in the tabloids and let them form their opinions for them?
Are you proud of that national level of intelligence?
You left us!! Your european brothers and sisters. Are you proud of that?
Are you proud of the empire?
Are you proud that so much of britain's riches were earned from slavery?
Are you proud that your false idea of british exceptionalism is just that ... false?
@@salmonesque If Johnson is pinning his hopes on the vaccine that ship has more than likely sailed.
Members of the public arent repsonsible for the ruling party's cabinet picks. Gove is not popular. I would say 'loathed' but there are cabinet members who are less popular.
'Why do so many of your people believe what they read in the tabloids' --- How many is 'so many' and where are you getting the data to compare them so unfavourably? As far as i can tell. that's a universal problem. It's also true that the British public are sceptical of the tabloids.
Where is this 'intelligence' data? i know of a happiness index that we do shit in, not aware of an intelligence index.
Is this the case for the prosecution? lol. Who says that having had an historical empire prohibits you from enjoying your national identity and/or being proud of it? Each person gets to decide what a British (or whatever) identity means to them, and each person gets to decide if they want to pick up the baggage of dead people. It's important to know your country's history, and to acknowledge wrongdoing and mistakes, and to resolve not to repeat them, but to ask people to pick up other peoples burdens as their own is inhumane. To brainwash people into any particular narrative about what being a certain nationality has to mean is abusive. People get to decide today what their national identity means to them, and the story they will tell themselves (it can only ever be a story) that will either create something better, or leave you wallowing in your own self effacement.
We have much to be proud of, in our history and our culture. The labour, feminism and civil rights movments are all movements that were fostered in Britain. We have much to be proud of in the political/social sphere, as well as plenty of others. I've never heard the term 'British exceptionalism' before, so i'm not sure what that refers too. Are you talking about influence?
I dont have a problem acknowledging that Britons, and those who represent them, have done harm and do harm, but i wont take on a useless sense of shame with the delusion that that can absolve the people of the past, or is necessary to create a more positive present, or future.
Because you had no say in it and it's not something you achieved yourself.
Remoaner. Disappointing.
Interviewing someone who is clueless about the machinations of government and power. Congratulations. I expect you oberseved all the crap around lockdown and get vaccinated. Jason has very little credible insight about politics. And never offers up actual solutions. I like some of their music but politically? Nah
Blah blah babble blah. The real Mods would be ashamed you're using their name
Intelligent articulate comment
Have you written anything which has been published that we may read ...do you know your name ?
Hilarious comrade. Cry harder.
What nonsense. Ironic that Sleaford Mods philosophy of self lies in the exaltation of others (the oppressed!) whilst using their copious reservoir of contempt to condemn anyone to the right of Jason's hatred..
Like worshipping a we-vinity in the New Church of Salvation.
Great music by the way!