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There's a strong Massive Attack/Banksy link. Banksy cites Rob Del Naja as a huge influence when he was starting out. At least we can agree on Tricky and Ghostpoet. Tricky is one of my all-time musical heroes.

*It's a genuine Banksy.

*smacks head against table repeatedly* ...and New Statesman and Private Eye and Punch (RIP)

It may not be how it was supposed to be seen but it clearly is sen as such now. It's become coffee table stuff. His art doesn't have any shock value. At the low end it's on sale in tat shops and at the high end it's mainstream auction sale art with the value being because of the notoriety of the...

Does his art corrupt the brand? Is it effective anti- propaganda? Not when you can walk into any of those remainder sale shops in Western Road and pick up a print of his work for a tenner alongside the iPoo t-shirts that spoof the iPod adverts.

Go on then. Please explain in the example I've given why Banksy's art is intrinsically more subversive than the Matt cartoon? That goes for Albumen too. I'm serious, I can genuinely see no difference between the two in the message they are trying to get across or how they choose to portray it.

Oh please. Get some new material. Someone doesn't like something - must be jealous. Anyway, I thought it was the anti-intellectuals who are accused of not liking Banksy...just because.

I don't think that's what the person meant. It's the general chin-stroking about how edgy his art is. Take this for instance: Exactly the same message as this Which one gets the pseuds stroking their chins? Which is the one that gets valued at hundreds of thousands of pounds?

Someone on Twitter described Banksy perfectly. He's the Hallmark Cards of rebellious art. Cheap puns packaged expensively.