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Billy Bragg: Street performing for people I approve of, not people I don’t

October 22, 2013 By Kathy Shaidle

Typical socialist:

If buskers are removed from the streets of Camden due to complaints about noise, their place in the food-chain will be taken by an army of living statues – silver-painted gargoyles on every corner.

‘Such artists have their place, but I’d rather hear a living musician playing a tune on the streets of what must be the most musical borough in London.

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Oh, and does Bragg live in or around Camden, or…?

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