“I need to flee my country?”
Stay and die
“I wish to stay in Britain?”
Then lighten your skin
Change your religion
Don’t talk in your mother tongue
Then you will be fine
If you decide not to accept:
Bricks through your window
Be shouted at
and knocked and spat at
in the streets
Because this is the rotten cradle of democracy
This is England’s
Green and Unpleasant Land
It is interesting to me that two great evils of history have in this current age been subjected to redefinition, indeed flexible, maliable words remodelled to the users convenience and sometimes self given interpretation.
These two words/labels, being Anti-semitism and Far Right...I despise both in their traditional definition/manifestation.
Lines are becoming blurred and often purposely so in order to place actions, thoughts, and belief into neat little bundles that those in authority and of influence might better prosecute such authority or influence of office.
Again, I emphasize my repulsion at Anti-semitism and The Far Right. My concern is the manipulation of their true meaning, indeed in the case of Anti-Semitism its redefinition by a State that benefits from such a manipulation of language.
I understand the sentiment of the writing although it leaves little room for those attempting to do the right thing, or for those who are exploiting gaps in the UK's dilapidated system of rule.
David
'In the main', indeed. It's time the British public was far less tolerant towards the far-right minority. It's time we banged them all up. Except we wouldn't have the jail space.
A powerful poem, David. Good writing.
You'll have to explain the 'official policy' bit David....but in the main the British public are very tolerant towards minorities, albeit that in principle we don't want to be an open door.
The English have demonstrated a recognised undertaking to
accept those in need according to circumstance. I asked my
local MP about the numbers witnessed in recent years and
asked "How many do you think is enough?" The silence was
deafening and a salutary indication of what was to come. No
small nation can take numbers which present any sort of
threat to national identity and social stability. There have to
be markers that grant freedom to the host as well as to the
guest, with the rest of the world to aim for when it comes to destinations of choice rather than immediate necessity. No
government can escape their primary duty to control and
create acceptable levels. The failures are becoming very
evident, more's the pity.
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David R Mellor
Sat 3rd Aug 2024 17:04
I would like to thank those who like the poem and sentiment, for those who didnt thank you for not throwing virtual bricks at me .
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