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come. A 12-year-old boy asked if his mum ow To Make Friends And Influence pen," he replies, with a huge smile. "But, if
could come with him. He asked the Home 'HPeople' was the first Terrorvision that were the case, yeah, I'd get a big tent
Office, politicians, and it was like, ‘Does she album to crack the Top 20 in the UK album and people could come in my tent and all.
have savings? Does she have £18,000 a chart. Leading the way was 'Oblivion', Of course, why wouldn't ya!"
year income?’ ‘No, she's my mum.’ ‘Does which remains one of the band’s greatest
she have somewhere to live?’ ‘No, she's my and most familiar tracks, and almost any ll jokes aside though, the lyric, like
mum.’ ‘Does she speak fluent English?’ fan of the band will be only too familiar with Aso many of their others, remains in-
‘No, she's from a third world country, but the iconic opening lyrics and, in the pres- credibly relevant in 2023 and, following on
she's my mum.’ ence of their frontman, we were hardly from his previous discussion about his
"And they tell this 12-year-old boy, going to pass the opportunity to ask him half-brother, we ask again about issues
‘Sorry, she doesn't qualify’. How can we live the question the song has been asking lis- such as asylum seekers and homeless-
in a country where being a mother isn't the teners since 1994. ness, as, almost 30 years after 'Oblivion'
biggest qualification? And my little brother ‘If all the people in the world camped was released, these problems remain even
is 19 now. He's got ‘A’ levels, cracking qual- out in your back garden, would you write greater now.
ifications, he's won a series of the Welsh and tell the king or would you grab a tent "We've been very divided, I think. With
Mountain Bike Championship, he's fit as a and join them?’ the politicians, we've had a real amateur
fiddle, he is an inspiration and, yet, we don't We can't even start the question with- hour, people who were their mates, rather
listen. We're too bolshy! There are things out Tony letting out laughter, he's likely than having those who were best for the
we can do, but we don't look for a fair rem- been asked this before in his life but an- job, and, when they are panicking they do
edy, because there is no money to be made swering again is absolutely no issue for that thing where they say, ‘Look over there!’
from it." this loveable character. And, quite often, when they say, ‘Look over
"I'd have to have a pretty big house and there,’ they're talking about struggling to
be doing alright for myself for that to hap- pay our bills or buy our food, whatever,

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