Ms Ivybridge

Fortunately many people DO realise what Roots is about (apart from boosting the dishevelled duo's bank balance). James Henry puts it well: a clever song in a highly dangerous way, divide and rule, blame somebody else. I'm not suggesting for a minute that Beer & Knightley are far-right manipulators, just that this sort of whingeing claptrap encourages those already of this tendency. The theme is highly derivative and offers no solutions. Added to which, the song is musically flawed and the production (on Witness is rubbish. Yes, Keith, I believe you when you say it sounds better live but I . . . really . . . can't . . . be . . . arsed.