Noel Gallagher is never one to duck giving an opinion, and there’s a fair few in his recent interview with the Mail on Sunday. But amazingly, the Mail appear to have used some sort of mind ray on him, and he’s towing a Mail line: blaming Labour for scroungers and praising Margaret Thatcher. Now, we’re not going to give an opinion on ex-PM Thatcher here, but we will say she’s still the most controversial woman in Britain and coming down strongly for or against causes big waves of opinion. And Noel has come down strongly.

Speaking of the society changing Thatcher years, he said “We were brought up under Thatcher. There was a work ethic – if you were unemployed, the obsession was to find work. Now, these kids brought up under the Labour Party and whatever this Coalition thing is, it’s like, 'Forget that, I’m not interested. I wanna be on TV'. It was a different mindset back then” and "Under Thatcher, who ruled us with an iron rod, great art was made. Amazing designers and musicians. Acid house was born. Very colourful and progressive. Now, no one’s got anything to say. 'Write a song? No thanks, I’ll say it on Twitter'. It’s a sad state when more people retweet than buy records."

Now there’s a topic for discussion: was the 80s, good or bad, a kettle for hot musical tea, and now we’re off the boil? Or is Noel missing current musical movements like dubstep?