Waters said: The Final Cut was about how, with the introduction of the Welfare State, we felt we were moving forward into something resembling a liberal country where we would all look after one another ... but I'd seen all that chiselled away, and I'd seen a return to an almost Dickensian society under Margaret Thatcher.
Waters je izjavio: „The Final Cut govorio je o tome kako smo, pojavom socijalne države, krenuli prema nečem što je nalikovalo liberalnoj zemlji u kojoj se svi brinemo jedni za druge ... ali uvidio sam kako ta ideja nestaje i kako se, pod vodstvom Margaret Thatcher, vraćamo nečemu što više nalikuje dikenzijanskom društvu.