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Billy Bragg and the Blokes, "Take Down the Union Jack"
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Protest singer and Wilco collaborator Billy Bragg certainly has no love for the queen. He's a bit more literate than, say, the Exploited or Primal Scream in his rage, but a song like "Take Down the Union Jack" and its line "Britain isn't cool you know, it's really not that great" is withering in a different way.











