Also, we DO realise that Sony is the overarching record company that owns both artists. We know that no matter which one wins we have lined their pockets, so there is no need for the media to keep pronouncing this as some sort of battle cry because again, you miss the point entirely.

(P.S. To help out the many reporters who continue to insinuate that we are being somehow used or duped, pointing out that we are lining Mr Cowell’s pockets by supporting Rage and thus defeating the purpose, we’ll provide you with the research and fact checking that you as a responsible journalist should have done yourself instead of being so quick to jump on the bandwagon. Simon Cowell DOES NOT own Sony Records. SyCo, which is Simon’s record label, is a completely different entity from Epic, with whom Rage are signed. Yes they are both owned by Sony but Simon is FAR from the head of Sony records (at least for now!) and so neither he nor his record label get anything from the sale of any Rage products or tracks!)

While on the subject of money it’s worth noting here that almost all news reports, before today, also failed to notice or report on the fact that the group members have also given almost £45,000 of their own money to homeless charity Shelter and that the band’s guitarist Tom Morello has promised to donate his royalties from the extra sales of the single to both Shelter and Youth Music, another music organisation helping to break down the barriers for young people to be involved in music.