Land of Soap and Tories
Land of soap and Tories, inbred Royalty,
How shall we extol thee, who are born of thee?
Wider still and wider thine inequality
Thy blatant misdirection and rank hypocrisy.
Dear land of hope, thy hope is crowned
With greed for power and wealth.
On beaten brows, unloved, disowned
Consigned to work ’til death.
Thine equal laws are equal not
Yet rule in spite of wrong.
By freedoms lost, by truths maligned
Thine empire shall be strong.
Land of soap and Tories, inbred Royalty
How shall we extol thee, who are born of thee?
Wider still and wider, thine inequality
Thine empire built on murder, on graft and robbery.
Thine infamy as old as days,
As oceans large and wide.
A pride that wallows in self praise;
A stomach churning pride;
An arrogance that knows no bounds;
Contempt for those who fall,
And propaganda that resounds
To blind the minds of all.
Land of soap and Tories, inbred Royalty.
How shall we extol thee, who are born of thee?
Wider still and wider, thine inequality.
Thy lust for power and profit
Despoils Democracy.
Land of Hope and Glory.
But not for you or me.
John Philips 2017
What can you say? That sums it up for me. A country presided over and run for the establishment elite. A gullible public blinded with propaganda from the lies of the media who are owned by those self-same Tories. They soft-soap the lot of us with their lies.
Look Out!! Immigrants!! Terrorists!!! Scroungers!! Welfare diddlers!! Work-shy fiddlers.
The real robbers are the ones at the top tax evading, corrupting and fiddling! They kill far more than any terrorist.
Thank you John for allowing me to publish your great parody.