Conference Party Season
Government
and opposition benches
Deserted:
Ministers and their shadows
Have left
and the cogs of government slow.
Called up to
their political trenches
Delegates -
left, right and centre – gather
For their
celebrations of platitudes
And
misdirection, pompous beatitudes
Of concern
and tele-prompted blather.
Jam for
tomorrow will be generous,
But jam for
today is more thinly spread
Or even
denied to those on dry bread,
Who should
be thankful and not make a fuss.
Broad discussions
and debates are arranged;
Then it’s
all over, and nothing has changed.
D. A.
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