Given Rob's anti-war/pro-independence stances (Bleeding from Within, Freedom Fighters etc) + he also wore a NATO: Now a Terrorist Organisation t-shirt at the Bordeaux festival I seen, I've always suspected this as a call to arms to join the left-wing. As the time of this album - 2007-2008 - seen a pretty thorough discrediting of Thatcherism/Reaganomics/neoliberalism that had been in ascendancy since the 80's - and yet the only people who seemed to be benefiting from it were the far-right. It seems like the song is an appeal to left-wingers to organise and show they're actually still out there, cos he's still fighting.
Given Rob's anti-war/pro-independence stances (Bleeding from Within, Freedom Fighters etc) + he also wore a NATO: Now a Terrorist Organisation t-shirt at the Bordeaux festival I seen, I've always suspected this as a call to arms to join the left-wing. As the time of this album - 2007-2008 - seen a pretty thorough discrediting of Thatcherism/Reaganomics/neoliberalism that had been in ascendancy since the 80's - and yet the only people who seemed to be benefiting from it were the far-right. It seems like the song is an appeal to left-wingers to organise and show they're actually still out there, cos he's still fighting.