Amid 80s homophobia and repression, this gleeful banger about banging thrust its way to the top of the charts, its success boosted by a BBC ban Read our 100 greatest list as it counts down In 1983, Margaret Thatcher swept to general election victory on a moralistic platform of "Victorian values". The Victorians are well-remembered for their culture of sexual repression, and - as a direct result - their obsession with sex and erotica. So perhaps Thatcher should have seen it coming: mere months la...
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The Guardian - 20 May 2020 10:00
Amid 80s homophobia and repression, this gleeful banger about banging thrust its way to the top of the charts, its success boosted by a BBC ban Read our 100 greatest list as it counts down In 1983, Margaret Thatcher swept to general election victory on a moralistic platform of "Victorian values". The Victorians are well-remembered for their culture of sexual repression, and - as a direct result - their obsession with sex and erotica. So perhaps Thatcher should have seen it coming: mere months la...
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