Precisely three people understand that only when unions eventually smash capitalism will there be justice for the workers.

Steady on, Richard. The Blackleg Miner has absolutely nothing to do with smashing capitalism - it's a celebration of division in the working class, workers fighting other workers. I understand the anger of the song, but the fact is that brutality against scabs isn't always a good tactic - & sometimes it's a very bad tactic. (Sometimes the best tactic is to choke down your completely justifiable anger and use friendly persuasion.)

So I don't think it's appropriate for people who aren't faced with those decisions, and don't feel that anger in their own right, to celebrate aggression and brutality against other workers as if it was a natural expression of working-class anger. I certainly don't think it's the jolly right-on singalong that FAF are looking for.

Incidentally, I think Griffin lobbed Billy Bragg a bit of a soft one, presumably because the fat fraud doesn't know any traditional songs himself. We were lucky it wasn't "I bet Billy Bragg doesn't know The Four Loom Weaver".