Category: Poems

And in breaking news today, rumours in the Colosseum are that Jesus of Nazareth had been smearing faeces on the walls of his cell in the Temple of Herod. Having been dragged from the Garden of Gethsemane last Thursday shouting ‘Judea must resist!’, Jesus appeared the following day before Pontius Pilate for trial. The Prefect … Continue reading The Christ of Journalism

In September 2015 we travelled to Greece, partly on holiday, but also to see what membership of the European Union was doing to the country. We spent a few days in Athens, then travelled south for a week through the Peloponnese, finally arriving on the island of Kythira days before the snap election. This was … Continue reading Greece (an Odyssey)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F7IPpHP7dFU&fbclid=IwAR3ToP1YrXaEVH17fjEZpyNZq-3uLmAg3tupi9JSM950wynD3iwVcz7pv0A At the first stage of Regeneration My council promised me Resident-led is what this will be At the second stage of Regeneration My council promised me Transparency Resident-led is what this will be At the third stage of Regeneration My council promised me High density Transparency Resident-led is what this will be At the … Continue reading ASH Christmas Carol

‘The circumstances of the remains of a British camp existing on the hill immediately above this cave, seems to throw much light on the character and date of the woman under consideration; and whatever may have been her occupation, the vicinity of a camp would afford a motive for residence, as well as a means … Continue reading The Red Lady of Paviland

On the 34th anniverary of the beginning of the miners’ strike, 5 March, 1984 ’Twere ’84, and the Tory whores Did scheme and plot in Parliament: On strike were England’s collieries, And the coppers were all bent. ‘Beware Maggie Thatcher, my son! ‘The deeper cuts, the rising rents! ‘Beware the Milk Snatcher, and shun ‘The … Continue reading Thatcherwocky

I remember Corbyn at the Brighton love-in, He was talking so brave about ‘faith’, Promising salvation on regeneration While Labour councils demolish estates. Those were his excuses, but this is London, We are fighting for our homes on the streets, Where sound-bites are swallowed by believers in lies, Labour voters and estate residents. Ah, but … Continue reading Labour Party Conference No. 2

Sunday (06.08.17) Jeremy Corbyn announces he will be joining Invite the Union’s picket of the ‘anti-Labour’ ASH exhibition at the ICA. Daily Mail reacts to news of ASH residency at ICA: ‘Elitist gallery splASHes public funds on anarchist propaganda!’ Monday (07.08.17) Southwark council leader Peter John to join Socialist Protesters Party™ on ‘Stand Up To … Continue reading Fake News

We’re gonna say it loud Twenty-one councils can’t shut us up They’re lying about it Spreading their smears across all our backs And it feels as if we’re talking to ourselves Cause no-one wants to know But the message coming from the street is ‘They want our homes!’ Oh Je-re-my Cor-byn Why are you so … Continue reading 21 Council Army (Poem for Jeremy Corbyn)

You will ask: and where are the lilacs? And the world-changing new politics? And the dreams unceasingly speaking words, embellishing them with flowers and birds? I’ll tell you everything that happened. I lived in a neighbourhood, a neighbourhood of London, with council estates, and tower blocks and trees. From there you could look out across … Continue reading Explaining a Few Things

Dear Labour Council Please don’t put a price on our homes: Our estate is where we live, You cannot sell what you don’t own. When you come round here to consult with us, Listen hard to what we say to you, And we do hope you consider it well When you decide what we want … Continue reading Dear Labour Council