An X-Factor castoff does the Sugarcubes? All part of pop's new politics | Tom Ewing

The British musical mainstream has been a hung parliament for the last decade – and there have been intriguing shifts of allegiancesOne personal result of this week's political shenanigans is that I can't stop thinking about pop music coalitions. The people vote with their wallets and elect a chart: its members then open discussions to form a zeitgeist. Does grime throw in with dance-pop or try and go it alone? Does dubstep have the moral authority to represent the times, or is it too reliant...

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