What I would like is this, for people to look at the online videos of Hidden Village's performance and 'read' them, ie interpret them.

What messages can we take from it about orthodox views of

a what folk is

b who can/should sing/play UK folk songs

c what 'folk' elements in modern culture are there that have resources to offer

and any other topics suggested.

Maybe via discussions of such questions we might focus in on what is healthy within the UK folk scene.

I for one would not wish to return to times when the Stalinist hard left either did or claimed it did, or wished it did dominate 'folk' and the discourses surrounding it. Because the world has moved on.