The Primitives - Lazy 86-88 (LP)

As if further proof were needed that businesses have the government in their pocket and that jobs regularly trade places between MPs, civil servants and the industries lobbying them, we have this report from the Guardian which reveals the influence such "close ties" with the government can elicit.

To cut the story a bit shorter, the Department for Transport asked lobbying group Flying Matters to influence MPs in such a way as to keep aircraft emissions out of important climate change legislation - they succeeded. Admirably, Flying Matters went further than their brief and also persuaded the Tories to drop plans for a tax on aircraft CO2 emissions.

And fuck me if Flying Matters isn't run by former Labour trade and energy minister, Brian Wilson.

Lo and behold, another aviation lobby group, Freedom To Fly, was set up by Stephen Hardwick who was an adviser to John Prescott and former head of public affairs at BAA. Freedom To Fly is now run by Dan Hodges, son of Glenda Jackson MP (Labour), and he was Labour's first aviation minister. And guess who he's married to? That's right, the director of Flying Matters, Michelle De Leo.

It's just one big happy family - kind of like the Waltons, but with a shitload more money and without the morals.


The Primitives - Lazy 86-88 (LP) (Lazy Records LAZY15 1989)

1. Thru The Flowers (Original Version)
2. Across My Shoulder
3. She Don't Need You
4. Lazy
5. Really Stupid
6. (We've) Found A Way (To The Sun)
7. Where The Wind Blows
8. Stop Killing Me
9. Buzz Buzz Buzz
10. Laughing Up My Sleeve
11. Shadow (Guitar Version)
12. Thru The Flowers
13. Everything Shining Bright

The Primitives - pwd: c4ctusm0uth