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Kicking and Screaming
The clowns and the madmen are led away,
Kicking and screaming, kicking and screaming.
The brand-new Bentley is brought out to play,
Factory-gleaming, factory gleaming.
The streets are swept free of the dust and muck,
Spit-clean and polished, spit-clean and polished;
Around lies the city’s ardour and luck,
Smashed and abolished, smashed and abolished.
As simpering rules...
Monday 26th August 2024 8:21 am
Strongmen
Let’s hear it for these little men,
Let’s hear it for the pompous twits;
Let’s hear it for their backward views,
Their entourage of nasty shits.
Let’s join them turning back the clock
And pumping rubbish in the air;
Let's make sure their election day
Is anything but free and fair.
Give them the room to swagger on,
As they bash human rights and gays,
And stru...
Saturday 8th June 2024 9:42 am
Ballot Box
With our hearty supermarket habits
And ways of democratic self-deceit,
We dodge the bullets to the ballot box,
Accepting our predictable defeat.
Brought up on true sportsmanship’s traditions,
We learn to take reverses on the chin.
We fight our corner and we know our rights;
We also know that we can never win.
In the eyes of those who hold the reins now,
There i...
Friday 3rd May 2024 8:52 am
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