I have been a folk club organiser for over eight years booking artists such as Leon Rosselson Roy Bailey and Robb Johnson (Robb was also a resident at short lived club I was running in Slough)I love a good political debate and sometimes I learn something.If you have an interest in politics and folk music, a good political song will make you think no matter what your views are.I know of at least four other folk club/ festival organisers who are conservatives but I am a bit more upfront than most. Because being a self admitted conservative in the folk scene is unusual but actually being a conservative on the folk scene is not. I can't count the amount of people who have told me they are conservative at festivals and folk clubs when I have stated my position(of course quite a few are not 8-))

georgH I am not impressed by personal attacks Having worked in the house of Commons I have met a number of Left Wing MP's who I have admired for their dedication(not their ideologies obviously) Even Ken Livingston who once stood up and defended John Major because one of the labour Shadow cabinet had said that Major was not a man of integrity.

In a way I supose I'm reacting to the comments in the same way that some of the more unpleasant threads try to provoke, having read some of Aliuk other posts I know he has amusing and interesting comments to make and I am sure he wasn't trying to troll me as one of the others "guests" did. If others feel they need to slag off one the greatest prime ministers this country has ever had then I reserve the right to defend her (whose trolling who, but as much as I enjoy a good political debate if it becomes a shouting match and name calling there is not much point and as we are supposed to be talking about folk and politics in folk- making arguments about maggie is not going to change anyones view, Aliuk or mine and is way off topic so why bother.

Cllr