I had written several versions of “Don’t Fuck Up The Economy” a few years earlier, not least the version included in this one:
As Time Goes By or They Flew From Tuscany, NewsRevue Sketch and Medley, 10 October 1992
Anyway, when Tony Blair decided that an idea referred to as The Stakeholder Economy was going to be the election winning idea, I got to work on that lyrical idea again:
STAKEHOLDER ECONOMY
(To the Tune of “Don’t Sit Under The Apple Tree”)
VERSE 1 – JOHN MAJOR
Don’t fuck up the economy with anyone else but me,
Anyone else but me, anyone else but me (no, no, no);
Don’t fuck up the economy with anyone else but me,
We’re screwed financially.MIDDLE EIGHT – FEMALE CHORUS
You’ve heard the word from the Tory nerd,
With a pre-election curse;
So hear the tune from the God Squad goon,
Now the Labour party’s worse.VERSE 2 – TONY BLAIRE
Don’t stakeholder economy with anyone else but me,
Anyone else but me, anyone else but me (no, no, no);
Don’t stakeholder economy with anyone else but me,
We’ll screw you equally.
Below is Glenn Miller & His Orchestra performing Don’t Sit Under The Apple Tree with the lyrics on the screen: