"That claim was the result of an investigation reported in the link I posted. Remember?"
The wiki ling that couldn't distinguish between Dylan, soft rock singer songwriters and the real thing, you mean
That's not a survey - it's a claim built on non-definition ignorance
"and you have still not named any of the so called bad clubs so I can see for myself :"
No I haven't nor will I - I have no intention of going to war with individual clubs
"I have had a handful of bad experiences and said as much."
I'm not basing my claims not only on the experionce of thousands of us who walked away and the arguments we have had here about "purists", "finger in ear" and your owwn statement about going to look for folk in village halls (Still not explained)
"People can still go to folk clubs to hear 'folk songs reasonably well performed'."
Didn't say they couldn't, but the ones being pointed out are in Yorkshire, Scotland and Sussex
Rudeness and abuse gets threads closed - I have indulged in neither - tell those who have

I have responded to every point made - the only club I mentioned as bad (and the only one I intend to) is the mess that calls itself a folk club in THE HEADQUARTERS OF THE ENGLISH FOLK DANCE AND SONG SOCIETY
If they can't get it right - who can ?
The don't even have a shop - now that's a sign that things aren't well, if anything is
Jim