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WHY? On the eve of March 29th 2019

Why would the English consider playing the fool

and bend the knee to Brussels' "lords of misrule"  -

whose distant orders and decisions come from those

they can never elect - let alone ever depose?

Why would the English, with their freedom-framed history,

Vote for rule from abroad - THAT is the mystery!

But I take the position (and I'm not being skittish)

that the answer is in the description "British";

A word that's extended beyond its old definition

To encompass much more than home and tradition,

And with that has comes a wide disparity of views -

influencing a decision to agree or refuse;

The ongoing arguments and banner-waving fuss

would be alien to that man on the Clapham omnibus!

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M.C. Newberry

Fri 29th Mar 2019 15:33

Don - would you vote for Australia to be run by the countries of South East Asia - even assuming you weren't grievously misled along the way?
Cheers,
MC

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Don Matthews

Thu 28th Mar 2019 21:31

Mc you have taught me
This new word 'farrago'
A mish-mash, a jumble
(I still like a fuckup...)

But I'm from downunder
Where we are bred tough
With language to accompany
To ears British, sounds rough

Will try be more cultured
More Queen-like more proper
And yes, a farrago
UK comes a cropper ?

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M.C. Newberry

Thu 28th Mar 2019 16:58

Thanks, Brian. What a farrago ! (Sounds better than "f...k.up").

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Thu 28th Mar 2019 16:37

I love the 'man on the Clapham Omnibus' phrase and use it often myself.

Good poem MC. Will we ever leave? ...who knows, certainly not the aforementioned Man.

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