John Coopey

THINGS CAN ONLY GET BITTER (PART 2)

by John Coopey

Sunday 13th September 2015 8:37 pm

You’ve had your vote

You’ve had your say;

You voted for

The Corbyn way.

But I’m old enough

To know the score

Cos we’ve been here

Some years before.

The 80’s were

A fucking mess

We argued in

The wilderness

While Maggie made

Her bitter plans:

We played straight into

Maggie’s hands.

And yesterday

Was just a start

Cos now we’ll tear

Ourselves apart.

We’ll huff and puff

On Conference stands

And play straight into

Cameron’s hands.

So why, oh why

Did we never learn

We’ve gifted him

Another term.

Cos things can only get bitter

Can only get bitter

From now on.

Yes, things can only get bitter

Can only get bitter

From now on.

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Comments

John Coopey

Mon 14th Sep 2015 23:11

Hello Harry. We're both old and ugly enough to remember income tax at 90% (33% on basic), interest rates at 15%, and inflation at 25%, the Social Con-Trick.
I don't think that will happen again under Corbyn because I don't think he'll get the chance; but who knows?
Me and you made a bollocks of the world; perhaps we should let the youngsters have a go.

Harry O'Neill

Mon 14th Sep 2015 22:00

For many, many years the `music` of the Labour party has been
all the old rousting `real` socialist` stuff, (which began to sound
a bit daft about prospering car drivers flying away frquently on
foreign holidays) while the lyrics have been the usual mundane
recognition of,and submission to, the real economic realities as
they dictated what could be done.

Corbyn is a return to the music only (helped greatly by the
entirely unexpected Tory election victory which `giddyed`
them into actually granting extra goodies to the the rich
which they must have hoped that `coalitionally` they would
not have had to make)... that re-jigging of the benefit system
was already pencilled in by the Labour party. (I think because
abuses were proving more and more of a vote loser with it`s
own supporters.)

What happens when the money-printing stops and the interest
rate goes up (together with the mortgage payments and prices)
and the fairly recently aquired fat that we are all still living off
runs out, is anybody`s guess.

Given that the cars and holidays have ruined the `Red Flag`...And also that the thousands of immigrants have muddled up `Land of Hope and Glory` I don`t know what we`re going to have to fall back on for tunes :)

John Coopey

Mon 14th Sep 2015 21:10

MC - I've never bought into the Baron Acton quote that "Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely".
What I believe is that Power compromises Vision - those in power have to get their hands dirty with compromise.
I believe that, like Michael Foot, Corbyn will retain his status as an icon of the Left because he will never have to compromise his Vision - because, like Michael Foot, he will never be in power.
Well, that's what I think anyway.

M.C. Newberry

Mon 14th Sep 2015 20:22

JC - (the world's suddenly full of those initials!) - probably
true about the taint of power. The posterity bit also
touches Hugh Gaitskill and Tory PM that never was - Iain Macleod as far as high office is concerned.
Cameron was close to Major when the latter was PM - and
no doubt still listens to what the latter has to say about
things - especially Europe...one reason why I see no
reason to trust the present PM on the subject.

Tommy Carroll

Mon 14th Sep 2015 17:30

Graham- David Cameron never held a ministerial role before becoming prime minister. Cameron was head of policy co-ordination during the 2005 general election campaign- in effect he was campaign manager for the Tories a bit like the mail-boy being made Managing director. Touché ;-)

John Coopey

Mon 14th Sep 2015 17:12

Ooo, you are wicked, Graham.
You are probably right, MC, although I think he enjoys a halo through
(A) not getting his hands dirty in power
(B) checking out
(C) standing chronological comparison with Blair

M.C. Newberry

Mon 14th Sep 2015 15:45

I wonder if there are souls out there who deeply regret
the sad passing of John Smith and all that he may have
achieved, given the chance that death denied him.

Graham Sherwood

Mon 14th Sep 2015 15:25

I mean come on!

Just because everyone likes the office tea boy doesn't mean they should vote for him when the Managing Director resigns.

Tommy Carroll

Mon 14th Sep 2015 15:17

Touchè

John Coopey

Mon 14th Sep 2015 10:23

You are absolutely right, Tommy. Time will tell. You may not believe it but I rather hope I'm wrong.

Tommy Carroll

Mon 14th Sep 2015 08:50

As the most honourable and worthy Ali bin Khayriyyah Karim al-Rashid said in a recent interview on the World Service: "suck it and see" ;-)

John Coopey

Mon 14th Sep 2015 07:40

I think I understand, Tommy. If me, you and a dog are having a pint and me and the dog decide to form the government, you'd go along with that.
Graham - STOP THAT! - I've got a split lip!

Graham Sherwood

Sun 13th Sep 2015 23:26

Corbin in, his task begins
With very little thanks
It's hard to build a cabinet
With so many short planks

Tommy Carroll

Sun 13th Sep 2015 22:15

Latest news...

Scouser is shadow home secretary..
Latest news...hahaha it just gets better!

Tommy Carroll

Sun 13th Sep 2015 22:03

John the democratic process stands whatever the numbers involved are. Your analogy is similar to a dozen screws is better than a gross of
screw-drivers when a single tea-bag is required.

John Coopey

Sun 13th Sep 2015 21:41

Colin - David Miliband is one of the great "What Ifs" of recent politics. I suspect we wouldn't be where we are now with Corbyn as Labour leader and a Tory government in power if it had not been for Ed;s vanity.
JH - This is a little off-piste for me. I aspire to tripe, as you know.
Tommy - I assume you respect the democratic process which returned Cameron to power. (He garnered 11m votes, of course, not 300,000).

Tommy Carroll

Sun 13th Sep 2015 21:32

60% ha! The utter contempt in this post shown for the democratic process. Hahaha. JC for me and a different JC for thee. The right wing have ruined the Labour party and crippled the trade unions. Blairites v Corbynistas come on down.

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Sun 13th Sep 2015 21:03

sacrificial lamb - David Miliband to save the day (maybe) when his International Rescue contract expires - it's all playing into his hands as planned - knight in shining armour riding in to save the party blah blah

good poem John

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