Maybe another liberal just went conservative.
Ray has convervative leanings.
In 1965, The American Federation of Musicians, in a move never explained, prevented the Kinks from performing in the USA until 1969. So Ray Davies is anything but a union man.
This is from "Get Back in Line," available on the 1970 classic Lola vs. the Powerman album as well as what may be the greatest Rock compilation LP, Kink Kronikles (1972), which documented their "Lost Period," i.e, roughly the same era the Kinks could not perform here, due to those AFM creeps.
Facing the world ain't easy when there isn't anything going
Standing at the corner waiting watching time go by
Will I go to work today or shall I bide my time
'Cos when I see that union man walking down the street
He's the man who decides if I live or I die, if I starve, or I eat
Then he walks up to me and the sun begins to shine
Then he walks right past and I know that I've got to get back in the line
Now I think of what my mamma told me
She always said that it would never ever work out
But all I want to do is make some money
And bring you home some wine
For I don't ever want you to see me
Standing in that line
'Cause that union man's got such a hold over me
He's the man who decides if I live or I die, if I starve, or I eat
Then he walks up to me and the sun begins to shine
Then he walks right past and I know that I've got to get back in the line
God Save the Kinks!