Please note the rest of the world don't want to watch morris dancing at the Olympics.

A whole load of bearded men waving hankies will give a deadful impression of cool Britannia.

Some good traditional music is a different thing entirely though.

Instead of gnarled old male rock dinosaurs like Elton John, Sting and Paul McCartney, why not Eliza Carthy, Kate Rusby and Kathryn Tickell?