Instead of seven pints of Murphys

Weekly Bulletin of The Socialist Party of Great Britain 142

Dear Friends,

Welcome to the 142nd of our weekly bulletins to keep you informed of changes at Socialist Party of Great Britain @ MySpace.

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"Democracy means simply the bludgeoning of the people by the people for the people." Oscar Wilde (attributed)

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Robert and Piers

Socialist Party of Great Britain

"Um, I think the old country is that way."

I've got the surname, the colouring and even the Microdisney mp3s but, for all that, I couldn't bring myself to do the plastic paddy bit today.

Maybe I'm off the Murphys, or maybe it's due to the fact that for 364 days of the year my accent is mistaken for Irish in a country where 91% of the population claims Irish ancestry.

Whatever the reason: March 17th is my day for remaining sober, stumm and sarcastic. Have an appropriate mp3 to sample:

Eric Bogle - 'Plastic Paddy' mp3

More info on the brilliant Mr Bogle here.

Sl獺inte Pog ma thon.