I am so pleased with nthe way this thread has turned out - thanks for all those who have contributed! I loved the song the first time I heard it, and knowingwhat all the lyrics mean has made it even more special - it sums up exactly how I feel about our green and pleasant land.


I think the crazy diggers doesn't refer to Dave and Daniel, but to a protest movement started in 1649 by a chap ,called Gerrad Winstanley. These guys are still ahead of our time now, let alone ahead of theirs back then.

These sites tell it far better than I can:

First is the bilderberg site here, the second here.

Winstanley and the other Diggers were true revolutionaries, committed to non-violent direct action, whatever the provocation, simply to return the land to the ownership of the people where it belongs - but don't get me started on that subject!