"Do the working-class need the representation of likes of Ewan & A L Loyd".....
We certainly wouldn't be here if it wasn't for the likes of their efforts - plus those of Sharp and his mob - all of whom you have rubbished at one time or another and replaced with what - your own scintillating (for scintillating - substitute destructive) thoughts and efforts.
"What Did You Do in the Strike, Daddy?"
Like in all forms of art - there are all types and standards to be judged and preferred
As Hamish Henderson said; "anybody who gave us 'The Joy of Living' cannot be said to have contributed nothing" - he might have said that about Freeborn Man, or Shoals of Herring or Dirty Old Town or Shellback...... or any of the many hundreds of songs made by Ewan and the other lefties who set the ball rolling again all those years ago.
Wish I had that for my tombstone - don't you?
Do you know the Irish term 'begrudgers'?
One of the first things you learn in the building trade is that it's far easier to pull something down that somebody else has put up than build something yourself.
Jim Carroll