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Best of British

The most political pop star of the Eighties is pushing 50, but shows no signs of mellowing. Shaped by punk, a spell in the army and the death of his father, Billy Bragg remains a fascinating figure. �I�m not like Kerry Katona,� he tells us

MID-AFTERNOON on the south bank of the Thames, the sky is an Orwellian shade - storm-swollen, gun-metal grey, and bearing down on the heads of the millions going about their business.