Dave Bulmer is just a subject the begrudgers love to whine about in order to be accepted by their peer group. It is an unwritten rule of the contemporary English neo-folk scene that one must have the Folk Roots version of the anti-Bulmer rap down, if one is to be accepted down at the folk club.

The rest of the world music community be damned, of course. By now, everyone should know that only England's opinions matter...