More Bad Right-Wing Writing About the Clash

What is it about the Clash that makes crap right-wing writers write even crappier than usual? First Little Mick and now "the Mugger":

In the numerous obits that were printed last week, left-wingers claimed Strummer as their sole possession but that�s nonsense. One of the best rock critics in the punk/new-wave era was John Buckley (nephew of William F. Buckley), who wrote for the Soho News and later worked for Jack Kemp. Songs like "Something About England," "Somebody Got Murdered," "White Man in Hammersmith Palais," "I�m So Bored with the U.S.A," "Career Opportunities," "Train in Vain," "Straight to Hell," "Janie Jones," "London Calling" and "Spanish Bombs" were often political, but rock �n� roll usually transcends partisanship. Nation readers must�ve been shocked to learn that Strummer, at least in middle age, was a regular reader of the Tory Daily Telegraph, but the band�s frontman was never predictable.

Follow that? Left-wingers claimed that Strummer was a left-winger, but in truth William Buckley's nephew wrote about punk music and later worked for Jack Kemp.

"Songs like 'Something About England,' 'Somebody Got Murdered,' [etc.] ... were often political...." When were they not political - every other weekend? Bank holidays?

And Joe read the Daily Telegraph. Sorry, Russ, reading right-wing drivel doesn't make you a right-winger. As any one of your ten readers will tell you.