About the northerners coming south for work, high hopes dashed.

Neil Tennant described it as a hymn to the victims of Thatcherism, or the rejects of it, who were promised a better society and never got it, and the evidence of it everywhere. “The man at the back of the queue was sent to feel the smack of firm government”...”it’s the same story every night”...”I went looking out today for the one who got away” And under it all are those airy bright synths, that injection of hoping for happiness in the face of despair. Bloody genius track, I think Neil’s said it’s his favourite song, or one of his favourites that he’s written at least.

This song seems sadly relevant once again for the Britain of 2023