Context

• The song lyrics describe the hypocrisy of British politics in lyrics such as “Rode a tank, Held a generals rank, When the blitzkrieg raged and the bodies stank...  Let me please introduce myself I’m a man of wealth and taste” (Rooster 1994).  This is likely to reflect the opposition to the war in Vietnam which continued throughout the 1960’s, as many Americans and Britons believed the war to be corrupt even though politicians claimed it to be just and necessary.