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25p.

I've just had a letter I thought I*d mention,

From that government department that pays my pension.

It seems that as I reach four score

They want to pay me 25p. more!

 

Their correspondence came as a surprise

Such official largesse brought tears to my eyes

Not least in times of fraught economy

Did I expect to see such generosity!

 

So. dear readers, when you approach ...

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ELECTRIC CAR

There's something unsaid about the electric car -

That's its worth to net zero will certainly mar!

It's an invention which is merely seeing a renewal,

But the problem is its power is sourced by fossil fuel !

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FAREWELL LADY ENGLAND

Noble Lady England now wears a rancid gown

From the feckless, foolish and faithless busy doing her down

She sinks in a crime and grime-filled gutter

Her once regal voice a feeble mutter:

"Please forgive my condition...my pitiful state...

You who recall I was once something "Great"..

I'm no longer the name I used to be,

Gratitude has gone and what you now see

Is the result o...

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THE PROPERTY DEVELOPER REVISITED

What care I for gate or fence?

Come talk to me of pounds and pence.

 

What care I for trees and fields?

Pray tell me what the profit yields.

 

What care I for bird or beast?

(Unless the creatures are deceased!).

 

What care I for a vocal majority

When I've got the ear of the local authority?

 

I'm so grateful for uncontrolled immigration

Carte blanche to conc...

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GENERATIONAL DECAY

The more I see

The more I say

We seem seized 

By generational decay.

 

All around expediency rules

While politicians take us for fools,

And "isms" are trotted out by rote

And change is needed when we vote!

 

Essential services now seem filled

By those whose caring appears chilled

Compared with the dedication in other days -

Now firmly focussed on just what it...

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HATE SPEECH - a warning

Let us be chary of the term "hate speech"

Lest it becomes a strident screech

Designed to silence the critical voice..

Let us consider the ramifications

On satire and opinionated protestations

Before commencing to rejoice!

Warning: The Law is a blunt instrument.

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TAKE YOUR LOVE

Take your love

But don't forget me;

Take it back

And as you go,

Take this heart

But say you'll let me

Keep that heart of you I know.

 

Take those arms

You used to hold me;

Take those lips

As sweet as wine;

But remember 

How you told me:

You'd be forever mine!

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SIR JOHN BETJEMAN REVISITED

Recently, I was delighted to find myself watching a most worthwhile "Parkinson" repeat from years

ago, in which the deservedly popular Sir John Betjeman featured as a guest, along with the likes of

the Oscar-winner Maggie Smith and the always erudite and entertaining Kenneth Williams.

But it was Sir John who preceded them into the Parkinson domain and who proceeded to delight the

audie...

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ISMs

Cynicism is the last resort of idealism;

Optimism is the balance of realism.

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CONCORDE - fondly remembered

With a passing nod to a certain high-flying English poet.

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My heart leapt up when I would see

The Concorde in the sky;

So was it when its flights began,

Flying faster than a bullet can

Its silhouette so gracefully

Lodged in grateful memory.

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