Right-on Robbie: Music needs to rekindle its fire

Why did it take a member of Take That to remind us that popular music has lost touch with politics?

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ROBBIE WILLIAMS bemoaned the lack of politics in music this week and said Britain needs more artists like Billy Bragg and The Clash to actively challenge the government of the day.

'Red Robbie', as absolutely no-one is calling him, admits that he has done very little to bring down governments of any persuasion from his mansion in Los Angeles. But he makes a decent point, surely?

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