The Struggle (Remove filter)
Sonnet: Imigh Hotovely, Imigh Smál Damnaithe! Imigh is Póg mo Thóin! [Out Hotovely, Out Damned Spot! Out and Kiss my Arse!]
The 1st stanza asks a question to which the answer is, of course, “No”. John Milton wrote Areopagitica, an argument against censorship.
Sadly, in the Britain of 2025, poets, artists, journalists, religious leaders and The Man on the Clapham Omnibus now face routine harrassment by the UK Government and the police, enduring arrest and imprisonment without charge or trial: and for what? for oppos...
Thursday 14th August 2025 11:49 am
Jihad, Jihad, Toil and Trouble!
Jihad, jihad, toil and trouble!
In the cause of public safety
Honest Bobprick’s banned that word;
The Met Plod’s also banned a road,
The road in question being “The Struggle”,
Or, as it’s known in Palestine,
The “Jihad”, yes, wot broke my gearbox!
That ain’t no amble for this old crock,
Ban it now, that darned Jihad!
Jihad! Struggle! Jihad! Struggle!
Double, double to...
Wednesday 25th October 2023 11:46 am
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