Primal Scream and Dexys have teamed up to create a fund raiser for the RMT (National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers). Enough Is Enough is named after the RMT campaign and features a guest appearance from general secretary Mick Lynch.
The song itself fits more obviously into the Dexys canon but features strong vocal performances from both Kevin Rowland and Bobby Gillespie. Enough Is Enough is accompanied by a video from Douglas Hart, former bandmate of Bobby in The Jesus & Mary Chain and now an acclaimed director.
You can buy Enough Is Enough via Bandcamp for £1.00 and all proceeds will go to the RMT dispute fund. The politically charged lyrics and potty mouth language mean it's unlikely to disrupt the flow of the Radio 2 drivetime slot, but it's a good song, a good cause and worth five minutes of your time and 100 of your pennies (or equivalent currency).
Inevitably, it called to mind another song called Enough Is Enough, released in 1993 as a collaboration between Chumbawamba and Credit To The Nation. An anti-fascist anthem, it reached #56 in the UK singles chart and is currently available digitally on Chumbawamba's 1994 album Anarchy.
In 2000, a remix of the song, Enough Is Enough (Kick It Over), a remix of the song with updated lyrics, was released as a response to the formation of a coalition government in Austria. The coalition included the Freedom Party of Austria, led at the time by Nazi apologist Jörg Haider. Later that year Haider was forced to relinquish direct control of the FPO due
to international pressure. The remix of Enough Is Enough is still available as a free MP3 download on Chumbawamba's website
Sadly, a look around and both songs resonate with the situation that we currently find ourselves in, here in the UK and overseas. Enough Is Enough.