For a long time, I was a school teacher - it is almost always the case that those who dismiss the work and character of a person of achievement are those who have little of their own to offer. Also, it is very easy, from a position of doing little or nothing to pick on those who have achieved.

It is the same with empty vessels.

For heaven's sake, Jim, you've better do do and more to offer than to be riled by people whose only disposition is to be spiteful. Besides, Jimmy Miller, Ewan MacColl does not need your defence against such people; his legacy will stand or fall on its merits - as will theirs. Time will tell - I think it already has!