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WHERE DO YOU GO TO, MY LOVELY?

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(Is he busy?)

 

 You look a 50’s-style beatnik

Appealing to modern day youth;

You set out your stall as a leader

Not frightened of speaking the truth.

 

They voted for you in their thousands

They thought that they’d got it sussed

A man who would speak for The Many

The man in whom they could trust.

 

But where do you go to, my lovely

When awkwardness raises its head?

The rallies “The Left Against Brexit”

Have organised all stay unled.

 

You managed to get to Tunisia

Attending those conference talks

But find it a bit inconvenient

To turn up at Bristol or York.

 

So where do you go to, my lovely?

You’re AWOL, let it be said;

“Where’s Jezza?” Remainers are asking

When Brexit raises its head.

 

I’ve heard all your pontifications

On Brexit there’s little of worth

In interviews when on the telly

You give it a bloody wide berth.

 

So where do you go to, my lovely?

Has Jezza vanished and fled?

“Where’s Jezza” Remainers are asking

“When Brexit raises its head?”

 

◄ I NEVER MEANT TO.....

FROM CHRISTCHURCH TO POOLE ►

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John Coopey

Sat 18th Aug 2018 17:17

I never had you down as a Stones fan, MC.

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M.C. Newberry

Sat 18th Aug 2018 15:35

JC - one of the constant (and consistent) pleasures I get
on WOL is following your work AND your comments/replies.
Yes, I do recall Peter Sarstedt's hit of those days and despite my affection for the likes of Sinatra and Rockn'Roll
as embodied by Fats Domino et al, I even moved on to
enjoy the Beatles and the Rolling Stones (among others) -
but have to confess that Punk, Rap and Modern Jazz do
nothing for me. I think I can describe my tastes in
popular music as catholic without any urgent need to go
to confession about them. Rock on! ?
P.S. On a historical note, California
was once a Spanish domain but
its inhabitants decided that it wasn't
their type of government and decided on a change in favour of
their preferred way of doing things.
The state was a sounding board of
importance in the later Civil War when other factors relating to "freedom" came into play. It is
still the calling card for those who
like to claim a "free" way of life.
Hip-hip-hippy hurray!

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John Coopey

Fri 17th Aug 2018 23:32

In 2017 Starstedt pegs it
He’s not now bothered
One bit about Brexit.

Enough, Ray! I can do without the competition.

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raypool

Fri 17th Aug 2018 21:43

I don't really know about Brexit,
but I do know this song from the past,
it's a shame Peter Sarstedt is past it,
'cause his vote would have counted if cast.

Nice one John.

Ray

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John Coopey

Fri 17th Aug 2018 20:43

Thanks, MC. I think that depends upon the damage to be done. California clearly doesn't think it would be preferable to leave its more federal construct.
I have indeed seen Patrick Stewart. I think I am in front of him. I abandoned 45 years of allegiance to the Labour Party at the last election. The only thing I can see (which I can't) which would return me to it is if JC showed some balls and got off his spineless fence.
Incidentally, do you recollect the song or is it too modern for you? (Peter Starstedt - 1960's)

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M.C. Newberry

Fri 17th Aug 2018 19:00

Hi JC - you may have seen the report about your fellow "Remainer" Sir Patrick Stewart - and his stated
decision to leave the Labour Party due to Corbyn's position
(or lack of it) on Brexit.
I am still perplexed about why anyone seeks their Mother
of Parliaments to be, to all effects and purposes, controlled
by a committee of foreign nations, many of whom are
recent dictatorships with their own self-interests, happily
seizing financial advantage from the "club" they eagerly
promote.
Are "money" and personal convenience to be the sole arbiters for such a huge historical question?

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John Coopey

Fri 17th Aug 2018 18:08

I support Remain, MC. I respect anyone who supports Leave. I can have no respect for a politician who hides from a standpoint. Perhaps he thinks he can stand by and watch the Tories implode if he does nothing. I’m afraid that if The Left Against Brexit gathers momentum he will become acutely internally embarrassed and his masterly strategy of inactivity will backfire.

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M.C. Newberry

Fri 17th Aug 2018 17:41

If it can be said about politicians that they can dance
between the raindrops, then JC is keeping himself dry in
his own personal two-step!
But maybe he's got a certain Labour leader from the anti-
Common Market days in mind. Lord Attlee was a fierce
outspoken opponent of abandoning our Commonwealth friends and allies in favour of this project. The way it
has developed into its present political power base would
have had him nodding vigorously in "I told you so" fashion, i'm sure.

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John Coopey

Fri 17th Aug 2018 07:02

Thanks, Don. (I think).

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Don Matthews

Fri 17th Aug 2018 05:13

Who's this guy called Jezza?
This guy from down south wonders
Dunno, but I'll make first comment
Knock Brian down asunder

The little blighter beat me
By just milliseconds
Don't know the iceberg bottom Brian
You'll keep, my chance, it beckons

I'm sorry John I can't comment
On this, I know nothing
But Brian times thrice at any price
And first! He thinks he's king...

(I shall be on high alert from now on. Can't let a Brit beat an Aussie to the comment post....)



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John Coopey

Thu 16th Aug 2018 21:13

I should charge him for the privilege, shouldn’t I, Hannah.

<Deleted User> (18118)

Thu 16th Aug 2018 20:52

This is great.
This man is very selective with who and what he supports.
He would be thrilled he's been immortalised in a poem.

Hannah

<Deleted User> (18980)

Thu 16th Aug 2018 20:04

Ha ha ha John

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John Coopey

Thu 16th Aug 2018 20:01

I pride myself on being able to sing like a bird, Brian. Unfortunately it is a magpie.

<Deleted User> (18980)

Thu 16th Aug 2018 19:16

John - just listened to the audio...not a bad rendition though I don't think Simon Cowell will be beating a path to your door. Still, what does he know?!

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John Coopey

Thu 16th Aug 2018 16:20

Whoa! Only just posted this. Thanks for the comments, guys. You must have been waiting for it!

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Don Matthews

Thu 16th Aug 2018 16:09

I have little understanding of your situation there but to me this is well thought out and put together. Well done ?

<Deleted User> (18980)

Thu 16th Aug 2018 16:09

Tip of the iceberg John...the Daily Mail have only just started!

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