I just challenged my wife's memory of Ewan - she saw his gigs as often as I did. She said 'educated Manchester' - so he wasn't a scally, he were never 'mad for it'.

Jim - our mid Atalantic accents are not phoney. Thats where we live. We don't live amongst 17th century shepherds, or 19th century fisherfolk. We live in an island facing the Atlantic and for at least the last 130 years we have been listening to American music hall singers, recording artists, an for the last 76 years we have been watching the talking films they produce.

Just because someone's nasty about Ewan, theres no need to scratch our eyes out.