McGrath of Harlow,

Your distortion of Burchill is quite amazing. As I'm sure you know, Burchill was the daughter of communists who has often said that it was Stalin who destroyed the Soviet promise. "My heroes always disappoint me. Joe Stalin, Indira Gandhi, Bryan Ferry—one by one they blow it," is her well known quotation.

Virtually the entire folk music left of both Great Britain and America were great admirers of Stalin. Ewan MacColl, Pete Seeger, Paul Robeson, to name just a few. Do you also dismiss all of their post-Satlinist opinions? Or are you just trying to tar and feather Julie Burchill because she doesn't share your opinion?