Perhaps I'm being naive here, but just why is what WAV does so sinister? My impression is that it's all very tongue-in-cheek. Of course it's risible. Isn't it meant to be so? I mean the idea that Glastonbury should become an English Folk Festival...come on! But it does get us thinking and talking about it.

Maybe it's that we seem to be embarrassed about parading our Englishness, these days, and have surrendered this line to the misplaced jingoism of the fascist right-wing and football supporters.

Make no mistake, I don't support the 'my coutry right or wrong' way of thinking and I'm a staunch republican. But I do love the diversity, the eccentricity and the wonderful anachronisms that make up Englishness. So, instead of just slagging off WAV, if we don't agree with what he's saying, how about being positive and putting forward our own views of what we enjoy about England?

To quote Mr Knightley 'It's my flag, too, and I want it back!'