Submitted by Janine on
(in the style of Hilaire Belloc)
Young Michael was a ghastly child
Who frightened people when he smiled
And though he didn't have a clue
He told his teachers what to do,
Upset the children and the grown-ups,
Made a mess but never owned up.
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They're not like us
They spit in the street
They fish for the plate
And you can't tell what they're saying
They're not like us.
They're not the same as you and me
Their food is bland
They shout in public
They have mobile phones and expensive-looking trainers
Not like us.
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Venue: Passing Clouds in Dalston, on Thursday 17th March.
The event is called Come Together. Entrance fee £10 on the door. Money raised will be donated through CalAid, the money will be made from the
Downstairs will be live music 7:30-12; upstairs will be open mic for spoken word poetry from 7:30-9:30, kicked off with a 20-minute set form Janine.
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A poem in support of striking junior doctors, delivered on their picket line at the Royal London Hospital in Whitechapel on 10 February 2016.
Submitted by Janine on
Tell me Jeremy, with lives at stake
Aren't doctors safer when they're awake?
Would you have surgery from a doc
Who's been on duty round the clock?
Tell me Jeremy, tell me why
You seem to think that you can buy
Our doctors' lives, and their assent
For pieces of silver, a few per cent?
Submitted by Janine on
Are you free next Wednesday?
Sorry mate, I can not say
I won't be told until the day
And even then, you know I may
Still find that I am called away
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In January 2016, Conservative MPs voted down a Labour MP's Bill that would require landlords to ensure that homes to rent were fit for human habitation. Yes, really.
How very dare these bloody reds
Propose a law that homes I let
Be fit for folk to lay their heads
They should be glad of what they get
So come and view my latest rental -
Compact, bijou, great location
Fit for nowt but very central
Fit for human habitation
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David says if folk don't speak the language
They have to leave the country - go and pack!
But how's he going to deal with all the anguish
Of monolingual ex-pats flooding back?
Submitted by Janine on
These are the banks that need to be propped up
These the square miles that could do with some bailing out
This is the high street where floating stocks are mopped up
Defences that fail when they're cut and left flailing about
Those on the ground floor as always will suffer the worst
While one level up they look downwards in trepidation
But those in the penthouse were safe when the banks were burst
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Follow the links for a shocking story of a Stalinist anti-semitic purge.
London is loyal, London's a comrade
London has toiled through many a bomb raid
London's a leader, London's a fighter
London is feeling the noose closing tighter
Those in London's seats of power
Are sending suspects to the tower
London's former champions sense
There's too much foreign influence
