the important question is not "is folksong political"

But it's the question being asked here and which I've been answering all along with concrete examples (to repeat):

Songs that people make up which describe their lives: work, a bystander at a historical event, a retelling of a tale heard from someone else or else their own story, whether sad and desperate or triumphant and self-fulfilling; these are all political because the personal is political, without a doubt.

Steve just talks about whatever's tumbled from his filing cabinet, whether relevant or not, and whinges that nothing Georgina Boyes or myself has said contradicts him. Now, I can cheerfully ignore such bollocks but he really should be careful about crossing Ms Boyes!

Like Martin C put a certain speculation about a song in his sleeve (cos that's what we call them here) notes. Yes I know. He's also told a million journos down the years, in my case it was in a Kings Cross pub when, if I recall, Mr Hutchings (that chap Steve's never met) was too, and probably Linda - then - Peters (now that should date it . . . ) was also propping up the bar.

Jesus. Alistair Cooke ain't alone in the boring old git 'I'm a f*lk luvvie' department. I wonder if the bodysnatchers will get Steve too when he's 95?