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THE MAJOR POLITICAL PARTIES

They were once "Conservative and Unionist"

But now it's "Con" - you get the gist:

Con-ning us all about the EU,

Con-creting the countryside we once knew,

Unlike the land they won't be missed.

 

They called themselves "New" Labour,

As if it was a new flavour,

But the "Guilty Party" is what they are

For what they did both near and far,

And I no longer know my neighbour.

 

As for the Liberal Democrats -

As smug as smiley Cheshire Cats,

They're liberal with our rights and laws

And prefer the view beyond our shores

Self-righteous sell-out prats! 

◄ SUDS 'n DUDS

DARK AND LIGHT ►

Comments

tony sheridan

Mon 1st Oct 2012 19:41

You got our vote, we wonder where you are. Nothing has changed. Have we come very far? Like your poem. Take care, Tony.

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Brian Wood

Wed 19th Sep 2012 20:33

Nice words, my thoughts miss out the major & give the rest a kicking to boot! My vote goes for the party with the most jelly & ice cream!

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M.C. Newberry

Fri 7th Sep 2012 19:12

My reservations home in on the likes of Ken Clarke (72? WHY hasn't he retired?!) and the "entitled" image that so many of his kind of politician project. I've two words for those like him:
Make way!

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Harry O'Neill

Fri 7th Sep 2012 15:24


The greatest (only?)benefit of the democratic voting system is that you can vote the buggers out and start all over again.

(I wonder what will happen if the credit crunch means that neither of them will have anything to bribe us with at the next election? )

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Lynn Dye

Fri 7th Sep 2012 14:34

Hi MC, is this a first? A political poem we can agree on?? :-D
I certainly agree with your comment that none of the main political parties seem interested in what concerns the people they supposedly represent. Nice one.

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John Coopey

Thu 6th Sep 2012 22:03

Hello MC
Very even-handed!
What I find rather quaint and uplifting is that when we as a nation want radical change we don't man the barricades but queue up and simply vote for a different sort of society (1945, 1979 and 1997).
I don't think we should ever underestimate the strength of that.

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M.C. Newberry

Wed 5th Sep 2012 11:54

It is a source of major disappointment when none of the main political parties seem interested in what concerns the people they supposedly represent.

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Greg Freeman

Wed 5th Sep 2012 07:58

You hit the mark, MC. But I sometimes worry about that "plague on all their houses" thing. You see people interviewed in the street who rubbish all politicians, and you can tell they haven't bothered to think about it in depth at all. I'm not saying that's the case with you, of course!

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Dave Carr

Tue 4th Sep 2012 21:17

Ha! Not much to choose. Nice one.

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