'The trouble with Derek'
( In response to an ITV Documentary attempting character assassination
"The trouble with Derek"
about former Liverpool City Council's Deputy Leader Derek Hatton and the furore of his recent re-joining of the Labour Party )
The trouble with Derek :
was that he was a socialist
that he was a militant Socialist
The trouble with Derek
was that he was class conscious
that he was from Liverpool
The trouble with Derek
was that he thought quickly
that he spoke quickly
that he had a sense of humour
The trouble with Derek
was that he had the support
of those that elected him
that he had a mandate
The trouble with Derek
was that he was a blue
that he didn't drink alcohol
that he didn't smoke
that he was smartly dressed
that he was good looking
The trouble with Derek
was that he was class conscious
that he was popular
The trouble with Derek
was that he was a socialist
that he was elected
that he was from Liverpool
The trouble with Derek
was that he wouldn't take bribes
that he was engaging
that he was good looking
that he went to the gym
The trouble with Derek
was that he spoke his mind
that he believed in democracy
that he had a forceful personality
The trouble with Derek
was that he was a socialist
that he was elected
again by voters in Liverpool
that he had their support
that he had contempt for the Tories
That was the trouble with Derek.
Re-edit Words and foto by Tommy Carroll
M.C. Newberry
Fri 22nd Feb 2019 14:41
I confess that my knowledge of Derek Hatton was restricted to what
was in the media - print, sound and vision. But he seemed too
extreme back then for a lad from the valleys: one Neil Kinnock.
The Liverpool lad didn't do himself too many favours perhaps by
looking somewhat worryingly like one of those well-heeled
personable villains who seemed to be much in evidence.
Anyway, fast-forward many years and he was back: then gone again! Life's a funny old game. Ditto politics.