The Oldie the years with such slogans as ""The Oldie": Buy it before you snuff it", and its lampooning of youth subculture and what it sees as the absurdities of modern life. It was the first mainstream publication to break the Jimmy Savile sex scandal. Despite being called "The Oldie", the magazine often stresses that it is not an age-specific publication, and has many readers in their twenties, thirties and forties. It has similarities to "Punch", "Viz", "The Spectator", "Private Eye", and "The New Yorker". The Oldie of the Year Awards (TOOTY) is the magazine's annual awards ceremony, hosted by Terry Wogan
Say It Like You Mean It viewed The Starting Line as being more progressive musically and lyrically than them. Ultimate Guitar Archive noted that Vasoli's was deeper compared to the group's earlier works, and called his lyrics heartfelt. As of July 2007, it has sold close to 300,000 copies. In October 2012, independent label SRC Vinyl released the We the People album under the name "The Early Years". Following this, the group went on an anniversary tour for "Say It Like You Mean It", during which they performed it in its entirety, in December. In May 2014, the album was re-pressed on vinyl through SRC Vinyl