One has to ask who the country is being run for? Is it the likes of Lady Mone? Rees-Mogg? Boris Johnson? David Cameron? Or Hancock’s landlord? – who are swanning off with millions!
Or is it being run for the ordinary people?
How many million has Boris Johnson and David Cameron made out of Brexit?
The world is being run for profit by a bunch of people for whom compassion is a sign of weakness.
Deaf to misery they see poverty as something to be exploited, war is a handy source of profit and nature is just undeveloped cash.
The future of the planet or suffering of people is of no consequence. All they can about is their own power and wealth. They will do anything for personal gain.
Because they do not care about other people at all they can be cruel and ruthless. That is why the psychopaths, sociopaths and narcissists rise to the top. They are not distracted by considerations of others or the tragic effects of their policies. They have no remorse.
I despise him. I despise him. I despise him so much.
I despise him.
His breath smells like a lavatory
As he talks of setting people free
How wonderful it’s all going to be
While spreading vile conspiracy
And suppressing student literacy
Through dumb education policy
Suppressing votes most happily
While promising the earth to you and me
But he’s a liar.
I despise him. I despise him. I despise him so much.
I despise him.
He’s making more money than a film star
Driving around in his flashy car
Says he’s gonna be the new Czar
Spouting bitumen and fire
From the back of a boxcar
But all his predictions are dire
All his solutions are just bizarre
They’re not gonna get us very far
But he’s a liar.
I despise him. I despise him. I despise him so much.
I despise him.
He’s telling me he’s gonna make the country great
Promising us a better fate
Warning us not to wait
We’ll soon be waiting at God’s gate
Our enemies he’ll decimate
We’ll no longer be second-rate
All receive a hefty tax rebate
All who disagree can disappear and procreate.
But he’s a liar.
I despise him. I despise him. I despise him so much.
I despise him.
He’s singing the national anthem very loud
Of his country he’s very proud
Foreigners should not be allowed
Before the enemy he’ll be unbowed
We could all walk tall in any crowd
He’ll protect us with his mushroom cloud
Before him we should all be wowed
To us everything is vowed
But he’s a liar.
I despise him. I despise him. I despise him so much.
I despise him.
Opher – 17.8.2022
I wrote this with more than a nod to Bob Dylan. The politician could be Trump, Bolsonaro, Johnson, Erdogan, Oban, Modi, any of the loathsome Tory ERG and all populist, fascist scum.
