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Friday 22 February, 2008
#[linkfarm] Local councillor's car lands star role in pop video - "You don't see many of them around any more, so I'm proud to own part of the motoring heritage of the city, " he says.
It's not just a car, it's a political statement.

   * Ken [e] [w] said It's a pity, then, that all MG roadsters to the last one in 1980 were made in Abingdon, Oxfordshire. MG was an Oxford-based company, latterly part of the nationalised BL group. The only MGs punted out of Longbridge being badge-engineered variants of other cars, and then the much much later MG-F. It's hard to see how his car can be part of Brum's motoring heritage. [added 22nd Feb 2008]

I never said it was a meaningful political statement :) [added 22nd Feb 2008]

   * Ken [e] [w] said ...and I wasn't really commented on your comment, it's just there wasn't a 'Leave Comment' option on the original piece. Maybe I should write to my local MP, or better still, "Dear Barrie Took..." ;)) [added 22nd Feb 2008]

   * Ken [e] said Barrie? Barrie!? Barry! F**k me, I'm out of it. [added 22nd Feb 2008]

You are - he died five years ago. [added 22nd Feb 2008]

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