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When punk took on the prime minister: the story of On Resistance Street 
When Boris Johnson claimed The Clash were one of his all-time favourite bands, a group of outraged real punk fans decided it was time to reassert punk’s radical, anti-racist, anti-fascist roots. LOUISE RAW explains

“Don’t pretend to like the Clash, you lying Tory fuckbrain!”: Clash fan to Boris Johnson (X).

 

 

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