Possibly the problem is that we resent being called a load of rubbish - even if (by your standards) we are , Jim.

Perhaps its as well you went to Ireland. I'm sure we all hope you will continue to be happy there.

You can't really expect us to conform to your standards - particularly as they seem to be centred round an obscure definition of folk music by a group of people from another era.

THey do stuff differently nowadays. Different from when I was a young man, and that was different from when you were a young man. Its their world now - their turn. THat's the nature of English society. Its very dynamic - it does adapt. Everything changes. Its composition, its cultural values, the way the citizens earn a living.

It wasn't ever thus. But it has been since the 18th century.