WHAT'S WITH THESE POLITICIANS? (poem)

WHAT'S WITH THESE POLITICIANS?

Ex-Minister, Priti Patel, lied about her Israel visit & Bojo’s words

resulted in a woman receiving a doubled prison sentence in Iran.

Boris has a history of gaffes & being economical with the truth.

What's with these politicians who,

Insist on being chumps?

Such MP's are a motley crew,

With grey cells in their rumps.

Who clearly think they're not bound by,

The usual social rules;

And who prevaricate and lie,

And take us all for fools.

So would  you buy a used gun from,

Ex-Minister Patel?

She’d probably charge you a bomb,

For such materiel! (1)

Some say she looks quite devious,

And someone you can't trust; (2)

Too foxy and quite envious,

And with a power lust.

And Boris Johnson, Eton clot,

That would-be Churchill clone;

Who fantasises quite a lot,

And thus is blunder prone.

Does he believe, this rank poltroon,

That he’s this era’s sage?

This man who's merely a buffoon,

And hates to be backstage!

So what makes both these reprobates,

Think that they're qualified;

To regulate all of our fates,

When both of them have lied?

Most MP’s when they’ve just begun,

Claim their job’s doing good;

But they soon vote for number one,

And their own livelihood!

(1) Patel is staunchly pro-Israel and wanted Britain

to fund an Israeli Army hospital for Syrian refugees.

(2) She was a former big tobacco lobbyist who

voted against an EU tobacco control directive.

© Richard Layton