Hm...probably one the most interesting threads I've ever seen on Mudcat.

I've got a friend living in Hull who works as a counsellor and she has helped a lot of ex-squaddies, who have had a pretty shit deal from society. In fact its not unknown for various factions to categorise the British Army as despised murderers even on the mudcat page.

Who would know better that fascists are scum than the body of men who delivered Europe and the world from the threat of Fascist domination. All of the people who create threads like the ones that must be SO offensive to people who have kids out in Iraq or other trouble spots, enjoy such freedoms as they have only because of the British Army.

As for the BNP marching in and colonising English folksong. well God knows its been vacant long enough with the only songs played on the radio - songs about 18th century shepherds and so many folkies living in a world where they still dance jigs and reels.

oh yeh we're going to get that one - the human condition doesn't change and The Plains of waterloo tells it like it is. I guess thats what makes folksong such a vibrant force in our society and so many people are flocking to hear these eternal truths.

that said don't vote BNP

all the best

Big Al Whittle