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15 Oct 24 - 06:31 AM (#4209856) Subject: Folkie MPs/Lords? From: GUEST,BlackAcornUK Hi all - a simple, if engimatic, question - Does anyone know of any current or recent UK MPs who've expressed an interest in/shown support for folk music, folk dance and/or folk customs? What about members of the House of Lords? Grateful for any/all suggestions! |
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15 Oct 24 - 06:33 AM (#4209857) Subject: RE: Folkie MPs/Lords? From: GUEST,BlackAcornUK Tempting as it is, let's try to leave aside attacks on our wayward, disappointing political establishment! |
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15 Oct 24 - 07:56 AM (#4209859) Subject: RE: Folkie MPs/Lords? From: Manitas_at_home Not current but Tony Benn did a road show with Roy Bailey. |
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15 Oct 24 - 09:58 AM (#4209864) Subject: RE: Folkie MPs/Lords? From: GUEST,James E There's an all-party parliamentary group on the folk arts, made up of a couple of SNP MPs, one Tory MP and one Labour peer. MSP rather than MP, but John Swinney posted a tribute when Rod Paterson died: "an amazing musician who made a tremendous contribution to traditional music in Scotland". IIRC Jeremy Corbyn was at the 2015 Barbican concert in memory of Ewan MacColl. Can't think of anything else off the top of my head. |
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15 Oct 24 - 12:49 PM (#4209882) Subject: RE: Folkie MPs/Lords? From: GUEST,jOhn Alistair Campbell plays the bagpipes |
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15 Oct 24 - 04:20 PM (#4209891) Subject: RE: Folkie MPs/Lords? From: GUEST,BlackAcornUK Many thanks all, especially James E, for highlighting the APPG - It looks like it was left defunct after the 2019 General Election; re-founded in November 2023; but not re-registered after the 2024 GE. I can't see any papers or minutes on-line, nor any tweets etc, so it's hard to know if it ever actually met |
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15 Oct 24 - 05:09 PM (#4209893) Subject: RE: Folkie MPs/Lords? From: The Sandman Andrew Rosindell, is a possibilty, his brother Owen used to be involved with the Romford folk club scene |
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15 Oct 24 - 05:27 PM (#4209894) Subject: RE: Folkie MPs/Lords? From: GUEST,James E … and in fact all three MPs in the APPG lost their seats in July. So it's anyone's guess if it'll be re-established. |