billy braggs dad

Originally posted by dottewell
Melvyn Bragg is from a working-class Cumbrian family.

And Billy Bragg is from Essex [Barking, hence he's known as the Bard of Barking.... the town in Essex, and not to be confused with what a dog does]
Melvyn is a Lord or Baron in the House of Lords.
Billy campaigns for the death of the House of Lords.

Maybe he's his love child [the ages fit] and Billy's getting his own back on his father for deserting him as a child. Just a theory.
I would guess they are unrelated.