The Northern Powerhouse - Ode To Gideon

Gideon in his high viz vest Trying his best To look like those Who graft for work Forgetting we have a long tradition Of this in the North He doesn’t pass for a man Who could load a van with 2 by 4 So if he thinks he has fooled us The answer is no Gideon, just take your High vis vest and go Maggie’s little helper may do well to note That the North has long since Had a deep mistrust of you all If you think we were fooled By ‘Honest Dave’ The working man’s friend....think again The pain still exists From what the Tories did Back in Maggie’s day Destroying communities Denying us a say Removing our way of life So Maggie could have her Unchallenged way The slow death of the North Decades of us being poor Underinvestment and being ignored From whoever was behind That Number 10 door It breaks my heart When I think of how it used to be Complete with functioning families Self-sustaining and working communities But yet again we are stuck With the new Tory Dream Globalisation for all!! Which destroys us further once more My home town now looks like during the war Displaced persons from all over the globe With little work and nowhere to go Left to cut our own throats For low paid jobs Which have no future at all Bet you Tories thought You’d dealt with us In the North Long since crippled Without a voice No longer a threat to you at all But the EU Referendum Gave Gideon and pals Quite a shock A kicking I hope They never forget Arrogantly thinking Project Fear meant The Tories would win again Just as they want But in light of the result I would invite him to redefine What his PR man said That The Northern Powerhouse Was just a good tag line Anna Archichek