To perpetually please the vanity of a has-been They’ve invented the ministry of leftover ideas With leftover civil servants Writing leftover policies Based on leftover ideas Ideals from the past Become today’s secondhand ******* Presented as pillars Of a bright and better future When what we really get Is the obsolete creating the obnoxious A shady cabinet With the allure of a shadow cabinet With invisible MP’s Serving an irritating Prime Minister A tax-avoiding **** Who enthusiastically supports The ideas of last century Bombarding every ministry Into the ministry of leftover ideas