The whiter than white element have always attached themselves to folk music and folk clubs, mostly in a low key way, for as long as I can remember. While ever people persist in claiming a 'national identity' for a sound as a key element in folk music appreciation less savoury elments will find a voice.

There is no exclusive 'English' sound that hasn't taken on Welsh, Scots, Irish and continental flavours that stands up to scrutiny. Literature and film has abandoned national boundaries as a meaningful area of study for good reason, they don't tell you anything useful.