The British Empire

A thing of the past

A dragon breathing fire

Now outcast

Our Victoria

A naval vast

Euphoria

She did cast

Yet going back

Our German friends

The Hanoverians

Who still pretend

The Tudors & Stuarts

Would have you believe

Of their descendants

We should all grieve

Yet back further

Should we lambast

Our forefathers

The Plantagenets?

Or should we grieve

Over the house of Anjou?

‘Richard the Lionheart’

And John in pursuit

Three lions

Took the place of two

Although leaving the country

In dispute

In the last century

We’ve had two Edwards

And two Georges too

Yet looking forwards

We have Elizabeth 2

With all this in mind

It seems to me

We still need to  find

A land that is free

Free of fines

Free of finds

Free of speech

So we can be discrete

So as the welfare bill

Is put in reverse

Don’t forget those who fought

And those that were killed

Emily Pankhurst

Who fought for women’s rights

The general strike

Of 1929

That made slave labour

A real crime

And yet we now live

In precarious times

Where no one forgives

For the menial of crimes

A Sanction for this

A Sanction for that

An appointment I missed

As I bid for a flat

And as I try to live

On nothing but fresh air

Remember this is

Certainly not fair

I’d worked thirty years

And paid my due

Now all my fears

Have come true

I lost my job

On Monday last

And now I’m classed

As an outcast

The Job centre I went

For an handout

Hours I spent

Without out

A family to feed

A mortgage to pay

Now in need

They had nothing to say

Whilst in work

You did state

The Welfare bill

We should abate

So don’t forget

Only you are to blame

That that safety net

Was for you just the same

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