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Mickstup Mouse tries to join New Labour Party, but finds that despite the notion that The Times They Are a'Changing, this isn't necessarily what it might at first appear to mean.

Mickstup Mouse in "The Times They Are a'Changing"

Mickstup Mouse: The New Year, The New Century, The New Millennium, feels so... so... NEW! I feel like doing something positive! I'll join the labour party!

[interview room]

Attitude Inspector. Yes!

PR Inspector: Yes!

Finance Inspector: If you want to join labour you've got to really hate scroungers

Morality Inspector: How much do you hate scroungers?

Mickstup Mouse (sweating): Gosh! A... A... A whole lot! They're really bad.

Morality Inspector: One last question. May we please know your occupation?

Mickstup Mouse (sweating profusely): Er... Um... Er... I'm disabled by a mental illness. I don't have a job.

(...oh no they're going to be ... mean to me!)

ALL Inspectors: SCROUNGER!

[Boot!]

...

Frisco Duck: How did it go?

Mickstup Mouse: Aw, I wasn't modern enough!