Around a hundred and fifty thousand

members of public signed petition

for House of Commons poverty debate,

Tories just laughed at the opposition.

Why were stories of hardship so funny?

Man responsible, Iain Duncan Smith

refused to talk and left discussion,

now our democracy is but a myth.

 

So Michael Meacher called new debate,

the green benches were hardly packed,

three major parties were represented

although in quantities they lacked.

A vote was carried to hold inquiry,

hundred and twenty-four to two,

on the stark impact of welfare cuts

on lengths of many a food bank queue.

 

For those of us who followed the story

it seemed a victory for the poor

but now we hear it’s to be ignored,

is this what Parliament is for?

Why didn’t the media report facts?

Not enough of the public aware

so David Cameron does as he likes,

for the poor he has not one care.

 

To gain just thirty-one percent of the vote

then with propaganda on his side

to act just like a dictatorship

it is clear democracy has died.