London SxSW?

Artrockers,
I've been running an eye over Ken Livingstone's plans for live music in London should the people of this great metropolis ever be crazy enough to vote tghe old Trot back into power as mayor. They break down thus; Live music is great. There's lots of Live music in London. It's a good thing. London should have its own SxSW.
Well I can't disagree with the first three points, who could?, it's stating the blindingly obvious. But a SxSW for London? Here's the point Ken, everyday in London is SxSW day. We don't need it to be coalesced into an event, we're not Austin, we're London for God's sake, and we live in a 365 day festival of music, it never ends, it attracts every band and artist from across the globe, all desperate to be acknowledged by the best informed, hardest to impress audience in the world. It's happening now, tomorrow and the day after, it never ends. If London was a dead-in-the-hole Texas town I might feel differently, but it isn't, it's London. So we don't need our own SxSW, we already have it, constantly.
But the most important message I have for Ken and all the other twats we like to call 'politicians' is "go away and leave us alone", the idea of 'rock-on the-rates' is anathema to rock'n'roll, the absolute opposite of what it's about, the dead hand of government must be resisted, it will kill us. We don't need your patronising bull, we don't need you at all, so take your piggy noses out of our affairs.
The one thing that politicians can do for Live music is to change the planning laws that threaten so many venues, and that is the one thing that Ken says he can't do anything about.
Thanks Ken.
Boris has nothing to say about Live music. That is how it should be, shut up, mind your own business, dig up all the roads by all means, but keep your meddling nonsense to yourself.
Trot or Tory - leave us alone.

Tom Artrocker