tunnel’s end in sight
fourteen years of unremitting gloom
begins to lift
while cowards flinch
and traitors
who read the Daily Mail and Express
do sneer
renewed hope is residing here.
~
n.b. Phrases like, ‘International laughing stock’, ‘a national act of self-harm’ and ‘in it together’ are about to be seen in a broader historical context. Meanwhile, the UK economy, hanging on a thread of increased international demand for arms and munitions, continues to otherwise drift.
They have to go.
CLP 18/06/2024
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