The Bill would probably be a little easier to take if the measures were motivated by an anti-Morris or anti-folk attitude, They really are not.

The Government Culture ministry simply just do not consider them important, demonstrated by the fact that they refused to bring the English Folk Dance and Song Society into the pre Bill talks and are only now reluctantly talking to (or at) them when it is too late. And referring to the 'Folk industry' and using these talks to try make and make it look as if these are meaningful in any way.   

But the claims made by the Government for the Bill is that it will make things better and present more opprtunities for all entertainment.

They have largely 'sold' it to their Labour Party MPs by lying to them, as just not making things any worse............sadly even this claim is untrue , but these MPs have sold it to their constituents.