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It’s happy hour in The New Austerity Inn
And a fight’s already broken out
If you can’t afford it, you can’t have it
Rachel cries, as another brick flies
And machetes are drawn in the street outside
Someone’s set fire to a police van
Someone’s shouting at Keith with a wreath
Someone says what about the children
A small voice what about the children
But the far right are flying the flag
And Rachel says God save The King
 

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Steve White

Fri 2nd Aug 2024 06:57

Thanks Stephen.

I thought it was striking that the Chancellor's first speech was a list of the things that we can't afford while the King's income rose by £45million. The far-right inspired riots this week suggest that the new government do not have long to start to improve people's living standards and there's little faith that they will.

I have a feeling that I'll be re-visiting The New Austerity Inn before too long.

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Stephen Gospage

Thu 1st Aug 2024 22:00

You're on to something here, Steve. Perhaps there are limits to what governments can do - keeping the markets happy seems to be the watchword. But some people aren't listening....
A really well constructed poem.

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