The King’s Shilling; Margie Sinclair sang Ian Sinclair’s song The King’s Shilling in 1979 on their group Mirk’s album Moddan’s Bower. Thanks to Mainly Norfolk.

I'm not sure that folk music today has the audience to launch a major protest song. But one could come from a music scene more popular with younger people, Radio 1, perhaps, or the summer music festivals.

There are certainly enough problems both locally and globally that demand attention.