Some political-poetical oratory… written specially for the TUC Better Way Demo in York today – a march to coincide with the Lib Dems’ spring conference in the city. I was one of the all-women line up of speakers at the rally. I learned that marching can be fun, lots of people will smile and wave and show their support and that Police horses poo A LOT.
Fifty Shades of Grey (Suits)
There are Fifty Shades of Grey Suits
colouring the coalition.
The Tories like to use their whip
to thrash the Lib Dems into submission.
There are Fifty Shades of Grey suits
from S and M- I mean M and S
and fifty ways to twist your tongue
to say the country’s not in a mess.
A better way is working together
adding a rainbow of new colours into the mix
letting a new spectrum of voices be heard,
above public school bullies and political pr…ats.
There are Fifty Shades of Grey Suits,
so Nick Clegg thought there was something to gain
from accepting David Cameron’s invitation
to join him down in the red room of pain.
Voting Lib Dem’s no longer something you show off in public,
like reading erotic novels on the train,
they’re set for a spanking next summer
and may never recover again.
They forgot their manifestos and promises,
rolled over onto their backs,
said Yes to Student Tuition Fees
and Yes to the Bedroom Tax.
There are Fifty Shades of Grey (Suits)
and 78% of MPs are men,
it’s time hear the chime of a different agenda
put a new bong up Big Ben
There are Fifty Shades of Grey
and fifty keys fitting fifty locks
for old Etonian cabinet Ministers
showing off their big red box.
There are fifty shades of grey suits
in the contract no one could stop
and four years on it’s still very hard
to know whether it’s David or Nick who’s on top.
There are Fifty Shades to Say
that the powerful are dominating the weak,
and there are fifty ways to say it
but fewer chances for the vulnerable to speak.
Sue Marsh was cut from a TV debate,
the wheelchairs shoved to the side
there are Fifty Shades of Katie Hopkins’ mock-outraged face
ready to troll and deride.
There are Fifty Shades of Pay-
if you’re a tax dodging billionaire
you can be a Sub-Dom or a Non-Dom
and think bigger bonuses would actually be fair.
There are Fifty Shades of Pay-
if you’re poor it’s a zero hours contract
and sanctions and cuts and ATOS
and your right to welfare attacked.
So beware the Fifty Shades of Grey Suits,
I don’t mean to be gratuitously crude
but they seem to get perverse pleasure
in watching the country get screwed.
But there are Fifty Shades of a Better Way,
yellow, black, blue, red and green.
Erect your placards proudly,
let the true glow of your colours be seen.
It’s time to throw off the shackles and chains,
challenge the public’s alienation
stop allowing the weak to be dominated
and stand together in co operation.
