Chicago Swells The Surging Throng

Another year, another rendition of The Red Flag. The events that it describes took place in Chicago.

So, in December, when President Obama switches on the lights of those fifty Christmas trees around the White House, and that strangely familiar tune strikes up, I think we all know what he and those around him should start singing.

Indeed, as many people as possible, not least from Chicago, should surround the White House itself for that very purpose.