Feb 2020
It’s happening
It’s happening
We can not deny
It IS happening
The country has left the EU
The drawbridge is coming up
Politics is racing to the right
Way too far
To the
Right
Priti Patel
Donning the armour of 'home secretary'
Is laying down her rules
"People will not be able to come here
Unless they score sufficient points
We only want people with the right skills
We only want people who speak English
We only want people
Who will contribute to our economy"
70 points and you qualify
Less than 70, no thanks
Points
Points?
Points!
These people...
This 'Government' is deciding
Who is to be deemed worthy
And who is not
And it stinks
It is inhumane
And rotten
Let us not dress this up as some important policy
This simply stinks
Great countries appreciate the inherent value of all people
They welcome each individual
Not just those
Who can make them money
Society needs
Carers, lovers, families, mothers, grandparents, uncles, aunties, diversity, difference, colour, movement, growth
We are not to be judged
By a number
Or an assessment of our economic output
By a pointless bureaucrat
Look at where this unregulated economic race has got us!
To the brink of environmental disaster
To a point in which the top ten percent
Own half of the country’s wealth
And the 90 per cent
Make do with the scraps
We must stop labelling people
As units of production
People are people
They are precious
Wonderful
Valuable
Beyond all measures of currency
Politicians
What score would you give yourself today?
What 'value' are you bringing to the country
Through this demeaning system?
What if you were to become ill tomorrow?
Or need to stop working to care for a loved one?
Will we then assess you on your usefulness to our economy?
How would you like that?
How would that feel...to you?
This country is becoming a place
Where the word welcome
Has no real meaning
It is being shaped
As a place for the 'me first' attitude
The 'greed first' country
The take what you can get attitude
The place of judgement
Where the economy is
The golden shrine
And the rich observe the poor from their ivory towers
With contempt
I fight this mess with my words
I will spread my belief
Without fear
For the beliefs of this right wing Government
Bring shame upon our country
It’s happening
We can not deny
It IS happening
The country has left the EU
The drawbridge is coming up
Politics is racing to the right
Way too far
To the
Right
Priti Patel
Donning the armour of 'home secretary'
Is laying down her rules
"People will not be able to come here
Unless they score sufficient points
We only want people with the right skills
We only want people who speak English
We only want people
Who will contribute to our economy"
70 points and you qualify
Less than 70, no thanks
Points
Points?
Points!
These people...
This 'Government' is deciding
Who is to be deemed worthy
And who is not
And it stinks
It is inhumane
And rotten
Let us not dress this up as some important policy
This simply stinks
Great countries appreciate the inherent value of all people
They welcome each individual
Not just those
Who can make them money
Society needs
Carers, lovers, families, mothers, grandparents, uncles, aunties, diversity, difference, colour, movement, growth
We are not to be judged
By a number
Or an assessment of our economic output
By a pointless bureaucrat
Look at where this unregulated economic race has got us!
To the brink of environmental disaster
To a point in which the top ten percent
Own half of the country’s wealth
And the 90 per cent
Make do with the scraps
We must stop labelling people
As units of production
People are people
They are precious
Wonderful
Valuable
Beyond all measures of currency
Politicians
What score would you give yourself today?
What 'value' are you bringing to the country
Through this demeaning system?
What if you were to become ill tomorrow?
Or need to stop working to care for a loved one?
Will we then assess you on your usefulness to our economy?
How would you like that?
How would that feel...to you?
This country is becoming a place
Where the word welcome
Has no real meaning
It is being shaped
As a place for the 'me first' attitude
The 'greed first' country
The take what you can get attitude
The place of judgement
Where the economy is
The golden shrine
And the rich observe the poor from their ivory towers
With contempt
I fight this mess with my words
I will spread my belief
Without fear
For the beliefs of this right wing Government
Bring shame upon our country
19th Feb 2020
