Political Poetry

Mistakes are high

February 4, 2012
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If insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results Then calamity is clearly what these guys are all about It doesn’t make you a Luddite to say “Well, with hindsight, our confidence in the ratings agencies was totally misplaced” Does anyone else remember the way That they acted yesterday? [...]

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Conflict of Interest

January 28, 2012
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In the NHS, we face a conflict of interest No pilot studies from a market fundamentalist Losing all the benefits of aggregate demand to the invisible hand At least one company can’t procure and provide at the same time Oh wait, they can Don’t be surprised by the quality of fake hips Competition reminiscent of [...]

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Friday Limerick Competition

December 9, 2011

Though a turbine to some may seem pleasing When it’s blowing quite briskly or breezing, In the winter’s deep chill When the air is quite still They need heaters to keep them from freezing. If to own them you still do aspire As the subsidies mount ever-higher, You should know that a gale May well [...]

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“Six Weeks to Save the Eurozone” – Osborne

October 2, 2011
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Try to dismember Greek debt by November That ton of cash they begged and borrowed Serial offender, they’ve been on a bender They spent like there was no tomorrow Tried to pretend they could endlessly fend off The austerity which must surely follow But in the end, ah, it’s something they’ll just have to swallow [...]

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Prescott Doggerel.

September 18, 2011
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It’s an iniquitous thing to be A two-Jag own-ing Labour man like me, (Chauffer-driven 20 yards in case of showers) While the Red Flag flies aloft at Prescott Towers! Such a notorious bloke as me Deserves to get his toilet-seats for free After breaking one or two at Prescott Towers While sitting on the lavat’ry [...]

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In the Land of the Rising Scum

August 22, 2011
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I’ve torched a shop in Croydon Town, Its trading days are done, Its flames have set the sky alight And I’m famous in The Sun. So don’t call me a failure, Admire my nicked blue jeans, My iPads, phones and trainers, Man, And five new plasma screens. The only thing a looter needs Is a [...]

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Simple Pieman

August 3, 2011
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Simple Pieman met a newsman, Following a dare, Says Simple Pieman to the newsman, For your views, I do not care. Says the newsman to Simple Pieman, Allow my wife to show you how; To land a pretty punch, – and on the floor you cower. Simple Pieman went a-flinging, To advertise his show; All [...]

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