Two more items from Hamish Birchell:

These can be found on the live music forum web page

Monday 18th June 2007 - 'Our masters are deaf to our wishes'
'Mr Blair, in his final hurrah, has blamed the media for the low esteem in which politicians are held. If he wants to know the real reason, he should ask the piano player.' Daily Telegraph columnist Philip Johnston today adds more weight to the MU and LMF argument for music-friendly amendments to the Licensing Act:

Link to Daily Telegraph Article.