The White House has said last month’s jobs report and inflation data would “likely never” be released.

It’s been a while since we revisited a sea shanty – you may recall, mother doesn’t approve of these – but we’ve dug deep and repurposed “Drunken Sailor” to talk about the news this week of the BBC cocking up their edit of a speech on a Panorama programme over a year ago (making it appear more vehement than it was). As a consequence of this hitting the headlines in a targeted attack on the UK’s flagship broadcaster, which has been caught up in culture wars, post-truth, and its own self-generated problems, Donald Trump has now issued a threat of legal action. Obviously this is a model he’s used to good effect (for his purposes) in the USA, having taken on ABC, CNN, and CBS and won big settlements there and elsewhere. The first recorded description of “Drunken Sailor” is from a Pacific Ocean whaling voyage in 1839 that departed from New London, Connecticut. So very appropriate for Trump’s latest giant lumbering trans-oceanic phishing foray. You can find details about this fast-moving story, which will reach some kind of resolution by tomorrow when he’s given a deadline for his Austin Powers Dr. Evil-style threat of “One Billion Dollars” here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c709y1yx1r0o ___________________________ Support us here: - PayPal to leave us a tip jar: https://paypal.me/marshfamilysongs - Patreon for ongoing support & bonuses: https://www.patreon.com/marshfamilysongs - Crowdfunder for debut album out in 2026: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/marshfamily/the-marsh-family-debut-album-campaign Find our other channels here: https://linktr.ee/marshfamilysongs Follow us here: - https://www.marshfamilysongs.com - https://www.facebook.com/MarshFamilySongs/ - https://www.instagram.com/marshfamilysongs/ - https://twitter.com/MarshSongs - https://www.threads.net/@marshfamilysongs - https://www.tiktok.com/@marshfamilysongs - https://bsky.app/profile/marshfamilysongs.bsky.social - https://open.spotify.com/artist/6AYmbCwi92V29y69lkRkRa ___________________________ LYRICS: Watch what you do or Trump will nail ya! Watch what you do or Trump will nail ya! Watch what you do or Trump will nail ya! BBC’s on warning Bugger up an edit and you’ll be collared He will sue for one billion dollars Pay up soon or expect his lawyers BBC’s on warning They say the Beeb’s in crisis Bad case of fake news-itis? Why pay your TV license? Does it need reforming? Flak from the left for the coverage bias Flak from the right for the woke mind virus Worse PR than the guys in ISIS! Traitors, coups, and warring Trump’s on a roll - he’s a savvy felon Score an own goal, and the threats he’ll send in Lawsuits pop like a watered gremlin BBC he’s scorning Pay up for defamation Press cowed in every nation More airborne defecation We all know what’s coming … Caroline Leavitt’s like an angry poodle Chewing on the bones of the White House Press Pool Half the time, barking Yankee-Doodle! Gaslighting and fawning Way off on US prices Way off on Nobel prizes Floods the zone now they want reprises? All while troops are storming! Trump’s well known as an arch misleader! Please don’t fold to a foreign leader Why line up with the bottom feeders? Aunty’s not for squirming A made up man with his made up lies is Not the sort that should polarise us One edit wrong, so apologise, Then carry on informing! ___________________________ THANKS SO MUCH TO PATREONS (HOWLERS below): Alyssa Sangeeta Jacobson Memorial Fund Sacramento Scott Jeanette Mansfield Christian Schranz Peter Green Richard Boultbee LisaMarie Fitzpatrick Hunjip Shin Ed Rocheck Sandra Vernooy Dan McColm Douglas Lind David Ryan Simon Haslam Lew Mike Smith Andy Riches Cliff Hope Carol Leff Derrick Brown David Patrao Karen & Geeta Grandad

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