You have argued for all sorts of music veing valid at folk clubs

Give me one example of my having done so, Jim. You keep saying things like that and when challenged, never finding any examples. That is because there are none. I think you are attributing someone else's posts to me. I have only ever said folk music, both traditional and contemporary, is what folk clubs are for. I started a separate thread to see If there was a general consensus of what constitutes a contemporary folk song and it you want to see what is the general view on that feel free to read that thread.

You also said "what people here sing seems to have no distinct identity" and have spectacularly managed to avoid explaining how you came to that conclusion.

As to "Some time ago I put up a list of things I believe make folk song unique, yo ignored it - I asked again". There does not seem to be a question in that. How can I answer it?