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'Mr July'

'You scratch my back and I'll scratch yours'
The untouchable elite within these shores.
Secret hand shakes and the old school tie.
They look after each other, turn a blind eye.

An Immigration Judge as in this latest case.
Walks free from a Court, no justice to face.
Why did he weep, a verdict never in doubt.
His class and type, the law they often flout.

Class and breeding in court go a long way.
A juries verdict such things can easily sway.
'Mr July' of Ivory Towers, gets off Scott-Free.
But if I attacked him, a prison stretch for me.
 

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◄ Mary

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