Last night I split early from my local folk club in a state of dark depression after one of the singers sang A Mon Like Thee which contains the line For I'm not poor, but rich as ony Jew to which the response went up Oy Vey!. Oy vey indeed! I did not comment at the time, but bore it with quiet dignity as we slunk off to ADSA where we did our weeks shopping at 10.30pm by way of catharsis.

I hate the fecking song anyway; one of the draw-backs of living in Lancashire is having to wade the depths of mawkish tripe like this which is sung with great relish (however so innocent the racism) in folk clubs the county over. So - what does the panel think? Over reacting? Political Correctness Gone Mad? Or justified wariness at how insidious and nauseating this stuff can be whatever the intention?