Open Letter To a Tory Minister's Wife - From One Wife To Another - Part 4
(Part 4 of 5)
When do the children come home from school?
Oh that’s a spot of luck I have a shopping trip with the girls planned
That I want to get under my belt
Before half-term when we holiday in the Seychelles
When the kids are home I simply don’t get a moment to myself!
And there’s my public image and charity events I have to support
Although none of my activities will benefit the working poor
That’s how the lives of the rich are paid for
At someone else’s expense
Always those who have the least but are still prepared to work in any event
Should the Tories not be showing support for those who have a strong work ethic?
Even if they are poor?
What of the future?
Why are we repeatedly shown the door?
If I ask you what you spent on this week or what it cost
You will look at me confused and a little lost
This is not a question you understand
And all this happens right in our land by your own hand
By letting your husbands and their friends
Behave in their appalling ways over and over again
Behaviour which I would tell my children was wrong, vacuous, selfish and vain
But just remember the price you pay for living this way
Is when you husband f*cks up - and he will do
You will have to lie - whatever is in your heart
And whatever is best for your kids
And be the one who makes him clean again (kind of like Switzerland)
By peddling the lie that he’s a wonderful husband, MP, PM or Business Man (of the year no doubt)
When despite appearances he is just a man who has done wrong
Whatever his party or business culture says is ok
It’s not what the law of our land says to us ordinary types every day
Or what I tell my children is the right way
And in case you think I’m wanting a socialist land
You’d be wrong, I want for me and mine a life of opportunity
Where for hard work there is a reward
And it does not matter where you come from
Just like Margaret Thatcher promised us all those years ago when we were young
A free market economy that was open to all
But which now only seems to welcome yours
Are you worried about the competition?
Because there are so many hard working people out there
Who are better and more capable than your lot
And all because we want different to what you’ve got
Like no bonuses - if you can’t make it, it’s not ok to shake it or fake it
And no letting MP’s big business or the privateers off paying their taxes
I simply can’t envisage the sum total of those losses
(please continue to part 5)
Copyright © Anna Archichek | Year Posted 2015
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