I knew I’d forgotten to do something! I should have nominated two songs by The Divine Comedy, who are so British it’s mildly painful*, despite being Irish.

“Generation Sex” could be a crunchy con anthem and concludes with the lines: “And generation sex/ Is me/ And you/ And we/ Should really all know better.”

In “Lucy” they stitched together the haunting Lucy poems of William Wordsworth, a conservative icon, with a lovely tune. As paeans to one’s native lands go, it can’t be beaten.

They also did a techno-dance version of Noel Coward’s “I’ve been to a marvelous party” that has to be heard to be believed, but that’s not exactly conservative.

Going back in time a bit, The Bonzo Dog Band recorded a song entitled “No matter who you vote for, the Government always gets in.” A lot of conservatives would agree with that sentiment.

*One couldn’t say “it hurts,” old bean. Stiff upper lip and all that.