I am very sad to be lumped together with C**ntess Richard. She seems by and large to be another subscriber to the idea that those of us who may be ordinary should be excluded from performing folk music. But, frankly, the cited reasons for leaving do not add up.

My disagreement with you was not conducted in flaming terms - at least not by me. Contrast your most recent dispute with the C**ntess. It also related to a central topic for this forum - whether your self professed subscription to excellence removed your preferred manifestation from being folk.

Also by way of contrast, one of the main things about your preferred bolthole seems to be that it requires real names. Well, shock horror, I use mine here, unlike most. I am accountable for my views.

Even more ironically, I tend to the view that I was a supporter of yours in your recent spat with the C**ntess.

It looks more to me as if you require mindless approbation and adulation. I don't provide that, neither does the C**ntess, and it is not a thing you can properly require.