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
Copyright © Anna Archichek | Year Posted 2016
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