There is often enough thought and reason put into the opposition:

Harman proposed the creation of a British Music Export office

This would be a government office, of course it would - it is a politician recommending it after all.

Most European countries have a designated music export office. That the UK doesn’t is down to “a failure” to recognise that it is a necessity, said Harman.

“DCMS [department for culture, media and sport] needs to be flexing its muscles and recognising the power of these sectors and the importance of public policy in them,” she said.

It is true that French disco had its moment, Belgian punk a hit. We believe that there is such a thing as Austrian rap and in the possibility of Polish rock and roll. Cross-fertilisation abounds, the best Glimmer Twins production is a Russo-Finnish collaboration with an able assist from Nicky Tesco.

And yet:

Consider these facts. Sweden is the largest exporter of pop music per capita in the world. In fact, regardless of population, Sweden is currently the third largest exporter of music in the world, just behind the US and the UK.

Neither the US nor UK have such an office. As for Sweden:

Running the Swedish Music Export office with a significantly smaller financial support from the government than other comparable countries

And:

Export Music Sweden is a non-profit organization founded by the music industry associations SAMI (artists and musicians) and IFPI/SOM (record companies) and STIM (composers and publishers).

We seem to have one of those examples where less government works better. Not that this greatly surprises as a theoretical result to be honest. The specific industry redoubling that we feel. After all, the major purpose of most popular beat combos is pour epater les bourgeois. Putting the paperclip sniffers of government in charge does seem to be missing the point rather.

There usually is a reason why Harriet Harman is wrong, the intrinsic assumption just being a matter of saving time.