"...you invoke your ludicrous notion that the entire UK folk club circuit is dominated by people singing Beatles' songs and singing songs out of tune from their notebooks because they can't be bothered to learn the words."

It certainly isn't a "ludicrous notion", Snail - it's an accurate description of a sizeable proportion of the folk scene where I live. There are also some brilliant singers where I live, and quite a few beginners working very hard, but they're always in danger of being "dominated" by the 'it's all folk music','it's good enough for folk' and 'anyone who wants to should be able to sing - however dire' brigade(s). I've got to the stage where I really, really, really don't want to waste any more of my evenings sitting through this sort of rubbish!