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Don't be fooled. Photo by Simon Li (Manic Street Preacher on Flickr CC)
When I was a kid “Supercuts” was just a place to get a bowl haircut for $5, but across the pond in 2010′s Britain it means something completely different: “austerity” and Big Society – a.k.a. big tuition fees to keep the riffraff out of higher education, cementing the dominant number of old school ties in the House of Commons lockers.
Check out this DIY short film by Carbon Diaries author Saci Lloyd featuring the UK’s dynamic duo. Is Clegg having a crisis of faith or a twinge of regret due to selling out the Lib Dem agenda? Watch and see…
NICK AND DAVE ON THE BACKSTAIRS
lead image by Financial Times photos (Flickr CC)
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