billy bragg to lecture central bankers on how to build a new england /

I’m not going to be courteous,warns singer and leftwing activist invited to ‘shake things up’ at Bank of England talkThree decades after penning hit single A novel England, singer-songwriter and leftwing activist Billy Bragg has been invited by the Bank of England to lecture City financiers about how to build a better society.
The pro-Corbyn protester who formed a punk band in 1977 and gigged for striking miners in the 1980s will give a speech next week at Threadneedle Street. It will be followed by a networking reception with Britain’s biggest bankers, and more used to discussing gilt-edged securities than listening to Bragg’s cover versions of the Red Flag. Continue reading...

Source: guardian.co.uk