Is John Lennon’s Imagine patronisingly sappy, or a moving meditation on hope? | Bridget Minamore and Peter Aspden

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With the famous ballad back in the headlines, Bridget Minamore and Peter Aspden go head to head

Forty-six years after being recorded John Lennon’s Imagine is still generating headlines. Earlier this month the process to give Lennon’s wife Yoko Ono a songwriting credit began and Donald Tusk, president of the European council, used its lyrics to send a message to the UK over Brexit last week. In addition, during the recent election campaign, Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn announced that the ballad was his favourite song. What is it about Imagine?

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