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Red Flag Blues

by Ian Whiteley

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Red Flag Blues

 

Through a rose tinted haze

That barely warms my heart

Comes a lukewarm reaction

That tears my beliefs apart

Nothing to vote for

No contradictory views

Politically impotent

Red flag blues

 

Insipid humility

Nothing new to say

Trading in ineffectiveness

Another grey day

Gets rid of opposition

Spectral on the news

leading blind acoly...

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Thursday 12th May 2022 2:19 pm

new labour   red flag   socialism   no choice   keir starmer

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