More Something For Nothing Promises We Do Not Need

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That distinctive sound I heard was no popping of corks,
No cackle of fireworks from neighbour’s gardens.
It was just the corrosive drip of yet more lies,
More untruths on which we’re now forced to feed.
More something for nothing promises we do not need.

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A new Chapter in history unleashing the enormous potential?
When assault and battery has been unleashed upon the oppressed,
The Nations who want to Remain and those who dress so very differently?
More untruths on which we’re now forced to feed.
More something for nothing promises we do not need.

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A People’s government, ha… now there’s a joke!
Comprised of old retainers who lost their vote or faced no poll,
Just drafted in by sleight of visible Tory powerful hand.
More untruths on which we’re now forced to feed.
More something for nothing promises we do not need.

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So this ‘oven ready’ deal has had its plastic coating pierced,
We’re told it’s in some microwave. But this radiates no joy for me,
The recipe’s been changed and now lacks ingredients in the mix.
More untruths on which we’re now forced to feed.
More something for nothing promises we do not need.

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And now I see we’ll take back control of our laws, so pleased – 
As this will put you far from reach of those bewigged eleven
Who caused you so much ire, so much prorogation trouble.
More untruths on which we’re now forced to feed.
More something for nothing promises we do not need.

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The NHS you now promise to save, but from whom exactly?
Who has run this service down, starved it of funds and now of staff.
By policies of the selfish, polices of the insuréd few, and taxing not the idle rich? 
More untruths on which we’re now forced to feed.
More something for nothing promises we do not need.

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And Education takes its place on the table of this Tory feast,
How good to see the crumbs that fall like snow but will disappear,
As freezing rates of income tax, VAT and National Insurance overwhelm us all.
More untruths on which we’re now forced to feed.
More something for nothing promises we do not need.

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I am no natural Tory, nor did I lend my precious vote.
I am not reassured that you work for all, you’re not my friend
And equal, and are you humbled? I think it not.
More untruths on which we’re now forced to feed.
More something for nothing promises we do not need.

More untruths on which we’re now forced to feed.
More something for nothing promises we do not need.

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© Keith Murphy