According to the British Library (via the Guardian), the top favourite album of British MPs is Led Zeppelin II.
Not actually a bad choice, to be honest – and a cross-party choice, probably one of very few things Damien Green (Tory immigration shadow) and Lembit Opik agree on. There’s some amusement in there: Mark Oaten’s choice was the Human League’s Dare! (I’m saying nothing – I like it a lot myself), Michael Howard went for the White Album, Greg Pope went for Never Mind The Bollocks, and Galloway picked Blood On The Tracks. How so very appropriate.
When even Tory MPs like Zeppelin, rock’s very own Satanic scapegoat until Black Sabbath came along, we know that rock has truly entered and capitulated the establishment. Does this matter? Probably not – MPs will always be a bit remote by nature, and surveys like this always provide a bit of amusement.
But hey, it’s always nice to know.
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