Just off to pick some really prickly ones for sticking up the arse of the contributor who fancies himself as a descendent of the idiot Pretender who knew how to heap death and misery on the Scottish people while looking after No 1.

Mudcat was, I believe, once supposed to be a forum for informed discussion about traditional, roots and related music and its place in society.

I agree with the second statement. But does the first contribute to that objective?