Decca has done a very clever rerecording of the original Vera Lynn 1939 version with a wonderful male voice choir - clever trick and sounds superb; great video - right on! Let's beat Simon for the Christmas Number One.

I'd love that to be Christmas Number One rather than another X-Factor yawn. I was thinking how it would be nice if Susan Boyle beat the X-Factor but then I reminded myself that it would still be a Simon Cowell connection. Nothing against Simon; it just all gets a bit repetitive and dull. We need something fresh to put the zap and enthusiasm back into music. We need a pop music revival.

And here it is!! Ive never seen Her Maj clapping so vigourously.

This would be an appropriate number one for Christmas. It means something.

Up against the might of the X Factor machine will make it near impossible. They get an advert every day of the week for their single on ITV and the press. How can any song compete with that ?

"We Will Remember Them" may just do quite well, it's climbing up the iTunes chart and has only just been released today.....

All this hypocritical hysteria over recent wars is quite farcical.

People "cower" their heads over ridiculous and non-sensical claims like "We will remember them" (for 2 minutes each year) !

"They will not grow old as we grow old" - What a daft claim - THEY ARE DEAD !

I've written some lyrics to go with The Last Post -

You're Dead !
You're Dead !
You're Dead and you've had your bits blown off !
Bet you wish you hadn't joined up, now !
You're Dead
Very Dead
You're Dead !

In The Know wrote:
All this hypocritical hysteria over recent wars is quite farcical.

People "cower" their heads over ridiculous and non-sensical claims like "We will remember them" (for 2 minutes each year) !

"They will not grow old as we grow old" - What a daft claim - THEY ARE DEAD !

I've written some lyrics to go with The Last Post -

You're Dead !
You're Dead !
You're Dead and you've had your bits blown off !
Bet you wish you hadn't joined up, now !
You're Dead
Very Dead
You're Dead !
I beg to differ. The last post has been sounded almost every night since World War One in Ypres. It's a pretty moving experience, believe me, as is the visit to the various graveyards. Of course, this is us re-arranging the past and our emotions. Given the choice, I think it's safe to say that most of the dead would have preferred not to be chewed up by the war machine. And that's another reason to remember them: a warning about embarking on military campaigns without thinking of all the consequences.