Her voice was so imperious
She really was the queen
She lectured us and scolded us
Sometimes would vent her spleen
But I found her quite censorious
A Tory through and through
Right and right and always right
Blue and blue and blue
He was strident awful
Kicking at the goad
The world was all against him
On him it laid its load
He called the world to follow him
Bring down the ancient foe
Divided his own community
The vote would have to go
The voice today is bumbling
Blustering and blue
Talking up old England
Opportunities so new
We need a voice of honesty
From the other side
A stable steady person
In our swirling tide
Brian Fahy
13 February 2022
+ I came back to the UK from studies in Italy in 1984 to be met by the voices of Thatcher and Scargill. Tory time in office might be heading for a close for a while. We are ruled by Tories with occasional spells of Labour. Fintan O’Toole’s new book could well lend its title to the UK at present – We don’t know ourselves.