Don’t count out Mick just yet. His video has evolved,,,,https://vladtepesblog.com/2017/07/29/mick-jaggers-new-video-has-evolved/ read comments by actual Brits and their interpretations, especially one that notes the youth in the video who should be rebellious, instead are portrayed as state brainwashed.
First, as Kel Fritzi of Blog Talk Radio, so studiously observed, the main character was wearing ta very similar tie as Neville Chamberlain wore. In fact the one Chamberlain wore during his “peace in our time” speech.
LoL! Okaaayy.....
Yep, the VladTepesBlog thread is MUCH better than this FR thread.
I think this thread's article is disinformation. Doesn't fit.
The following is the top comment from the link you provided.
The English Everyman. He is followed by someone, some thing. He is very frightened. Panicked. Whatever it is he feels it is a grave threat to himself. Note at 1:50 what looks like a paratrooper in the sky. This is a foreshadow of military dominance not by foreign power but domestic. When he trips over the boy’s bicycle the boy says, “You should get that looked at.” But when the Everyman looks at the boy the expression is not of an innocent young man but rather something knowing and menacing. The GB that runs him over is the least suggestive so most literal subtext. It is important when He dashes into the sea. Reminding all it is an island. The Suits–yes all suits but for the young girl who SHOULD represent the rebellion of youth–asks what the hell were you thinking?(paraphrased). It is about tyrannical state control.
I refrained from commenting on the first version but I understood. Speaking in subtext is better than speaking in prison where nobody hears, and a few on the same wavelength will clue in. The rebel Jagger proves himself a great and still relevant artist IMHO. This is an expensive, elaborate, thoughtful statement by a proud Brit. I welcome any challenge to my interpretation.