But if you go back to Steve Harris's original post, what he was complaining about was that no one had explained what "the cause" is. Why should you expect people to stick around if you haven't done enough to grab their attention?

Let me get this correct in my own mind. The slogan "Folk Against Fascism Launch" did not explain what the event was about? A long line of famous folk performers giving their services for an hour for a cause is not enough to grab people's attention - at a folk festival?

And then Steve leaves early and complains that the facts were not explained?

Amazing it was good enough to attract the attention of Radio Four and its prestigious evening news programme but not good enough for Steve.