But sir, it wasn’t us, that’s so unfair!

We’ve only been in power for thirteen years,

It was those nasty Europeans, there,

Made of Britannia such a great pig’s ear.

It wasn't Hunt spelled with a C who wrote

That pamphlet saying “Kill the NHS”,

It was those forinners in small rubber boats,

That made the UK an omnishambolic mess.

Oh look at that, a dead cat in the street!

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Mis-Match of the Day,

Tories; Truth and Compassion.

Wife-beaters; Knighthoods.

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Out loud we write: “Let women speak!”

Out loud we say: “Enough’s enough,

Our mental health’s future is ever so bleak,

It isn’t the cough that’ll carry us off,

And it’s not being fat, ‘cos woke's banned that,

It’s the bloody claptrap in those re-written Puffins,

The truth we must speak: that bloke’s a bloke,

The Emperor’s in the bollocky buff,

He’s bollocky buff, w...

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Happy Saint Patrick's Day!

Thanks are due to Siobhán of Bitesize Irish for the excellent videos on the pronunciation of Irish poetry etc. https://youtu.be/6RrjBERQzt4

My poem below is in Irish, in Celtic script. Below that, is the poem in Roman script and in English.

Apologies to native Irish speakers!

Scríobh amach os ard é,

Tá mé I ngrá le...

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The UK Home Secretary, Suella Braverman, is believe it or not, a barrister; yet she is proposing to break the law with her dog-whistle of a bill.

So she has been forced to make the following admission, under section 19(1)(b) of the Human Rights Act 1998:

“I am unable to make a statement that, in my view, the provisions of the Illegal Migration Bill are compatible with the Convention rig...

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It’s Þunresdæg today, of that god I’m enamoured,

I’m just like him, adult male, with an enormous great hammer,

But I’m only human, and British my manners,

So as it’s Frīġedæġ tommorrow, I’m going to get bladdered!

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POLICE FORCES SHOULD NOT BE ACTING ON BEHALF OF LOBBY GROUPS

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Out loud we write: “Let women speak!”

Out loud we say: “Enough’s enough,

Our mental health’s future is ever so bleak,

It isn’t the cough that’ll carry us off,

And it’s not being fat, ‘cos woke's banned that,

It’s the bloody c...

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Out loud we write: “Let women speak!”

Out loud we say: “Enough’s enough,

Our mental health’s future is ever so bleak,

It isn’t the cough that’ll carry us off,

And it’s not being fat, ‘cos woke's banned that,

It’s the bloody claptrap in those re-written Puffins,

The truth we must speak: that bloke’s a bloke,

The Emperor’s in the bollocky buff,

He’s bollocky bu...

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https://youtu.be/fI0Fa66h6Qo

It isn’t the cough

That carries you off

And it’s not being fat,

‘Cos woke's banned that,

It’s the crap in

Those re-written Puffins.

https://youtu.be/6aYpH-TqkG4

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First they came for freedom of speech, but I did not speak out

Because my sources told me what I wanted to hear, 

Then they came for the Poor, but I did not speak out 

Because I was not poor, 

Then they came for the Trade Unionists, but I did not speak out 

Because I was not a Trade Unionist, 

Then they came for the Socialists, but I did not speak out 

Becau...

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https://www.writeoutloud.net/public/blogentry.php?blogentryid=127856

There’s a flower, that’s for Remembrance;

Poppy of Hope in the rat-race gutter,

Some ego trip by town hall plastic patriots,

Aimed to set our hearts a-flutter,

Whilst sentimental platitudes they parrot;

It might as well be on the Brighton Line,

As into oblivion it’s daily smeared and ground,

By t...

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Who, if anyone, will survive

to read our words?

Will they be found in an archive...

reductio in absurdum,

read in a nuclear winter-proofed bunker

by the very one who

mocked, maligned

and slandered

the prophet

who said

that

they

would

not

press

the

button,

on the grounds that the deterrent was not a deterrent?

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Imperceptibly,

Snowdrops nudging their way up.

Almost the New Moon.

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The text I've used in my post is called Old English Script.

I used photoshop to produce the text and images.

The purpose of calligraphic art is not primarily legibility, but artistic expression.

I've imitated the traditional form of Japanese Haiku.

For example: https://en.wi...

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Oh-and the Refugees and immigrants in Merseyside (according to  UK Home Secretary Suella Braverman).

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ONE DOWN 100s TO GO

Kick the lot of them out!

https://www.lbc.co.uk/radio/presenters/james-obrien/callous-ignorance-tories-blame-financially-struggling/

The Tories all from under their stones,

The UK’s now corrupt to its bones,

New normal moral squalor,

As our poor face daily horror,

Human Rights? Brits are on their Jack Jones!

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I know that he’s lying,

He knows I know that he’s lying,

They know that he’s lying,

They know that I know that he’s lying,

They know that I know that they know that he’s lying,

I’ve not found any evidence that anyone is lying,

Because I’ve not looked for any evidence,

Why don’t I give a flying pig?

‘Cos this brown envelope’s big,

And he’s got that job at the Beeb.

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https://www.lbc.co.uk/radio/presenters/james-obrien/callous-ignorance-tories-blame-financially-struggling/

The Tories all from under their stones,

The UK’s now corrupt to its bones,

New normal moral squalor,

As our poor face daily horror,

Human Rights? Brits are on their Jack Jones!

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I watched a film called Green Book last night,

About a black classical pianist’s plight,

Featuring: good cops, and bad cops

And pompous balloons POPPED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Buon Natale, and the light of love’s might.

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I am what I am,

No, No, No, No, No!

I won't lie for you,

I am what I am,

Mother taught me well,

I am what I am,

"Do not lie", she said,

I am what I am,

I'm not what you want,

I am what I am,

I'm not what you think,

I am what I am,

Not what you impose,

I am what I am,

Not what you presume,

I am what I am,

I'm not what he wants,

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General Strike Now!

Mick Lynch + Eddie Dempsey = Absolute Stars! "For the Many, not the Few in the Cayman Isles"

The NHS-hating Tory hypocrites said “clap”;

Like the fool that I was, in the cold at our door,

I cheered and I whistled for the Tory claptrap,

While those partying scumbags sicked up booze on the floor,

Set emergency alarms off; and the Met Plod did ...

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A world war -we're told- was "fought for freedom".

We won it - we're told.

And if we hadn't -we're told-

We'd all be "speaking German" now.

Well I don't give a toss what language we speak,

I'm fluent in English, was fluent in French,

I can get by in Spanish; but the language I can't stick,

Is the language of lies, the language of bullies,

Agree with me, agree with us, or el...

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She’s too white!

He’s too ginger!

She’s too rich!

He’s too rich!

She’s too black!

He’s too white!

She’s too slim!

He’s too fat!

She’s not white enough!

He’s not fair haired enough!

She’s not black enough!

He’s not auburn enough!

She’s not rich enough!

He’s not rich enough!

I’m not rich enough,

‘Cos I don’t write...

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Has WOL been hacked?

All my other sites are working fine.

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The Fascists aren’t coming to burn books in the square,

That was then, in the war, it could never happen here,

The Fascists are coming to arrest mother and me,

Because once, as a child, I dared ask a big question,

The Fascists are coming to arrest my mum,

For telling me the facts of life,

The Fascists are coming, because they’ve heard a rumour,

That I asked of my mother “w...

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He was not crucified for me,

And not for him, nor her, nor thee,

That gentle Jesus meek and mild,

Once graced our world, unknowing child,

In manhood, he in wisdom grew,

Spoke for the many, not the few,

He chose to face injustice’s sword,

And hypocrites with his spoken word,

They, who place burdens on the poor,

Which they can not themselves endure,

Those misery-made cr...

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https://www.writeoutloud.net/public/blogentry.php?blogentryid=127224

In their desperation and duplicity they're proposing making mask-wearing part of the

"NEW NORMAL" = ABNORMAL = GASLIGHTING!

I'D RATHER DIE THAN WEAR ANOTHER MASK!

There's no F in "Masks",

There's no F in "Pricks"!

There's no F in "Staying at Home"!

There's no F in "Gaslighting me"!

There's no F in "beds on...

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The cartoon in question was sent to me by an "aquaintance".

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A cartoon captioned “Shoot a Migrant”,

Encouraged by the Daily Hate-mongers,

Fear and ignorance, both servant and tyrant,

A seaside “amusement” no longer,

The telescope now’s become a rifle,

Aimed at Johnny Foreigner,

An entertaining ...

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Pure Poetry

Vienna New year's Day Concert At 21:07

Thank you for absolute beauty and joy!

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Hi Ku-here it is,

A new year from me to you,

Well-seasoned with love!

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