Citizen Not Subject
I Citizen, can let no king be mine,
I will not swear an oath in your god’s name.
You do not reign by any right divine,
To my loyalty you have no right, no claim.
I swear I’ll pay to these my true allegiance:
The teachers, paramedics, railway workers,
I’ll fight for their protection from malfeasance,
“For all, not for the few” must be our charter.
Our British Nurses have not bread enough,
Our claps have not sufficed to pay their bills.
Whilst royal snouts are snuffling in the trough,
Our Sick and Carers swallow bitter pills.
There’s something rotten in the state of Britain,
Compassion’s now been flung upon the midden.
- All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of citizenship;
- Everyone has the right to take part in the government of their country, directly or through freely chosen representatives;
- All citizens should have an equal right to participate in the democratic process;
- The rights of citizens must apply equally, without distinction of any kind, such as race, colour, sex, disability, sexual orientation, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status;
- The will of the people should be the basis of the authority of government.
Grace Meadows
Mon 8th May 2023 10:19
And so say all of ME! 👍 Uilleam