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Friday 25 December 2020

A bunch of not quite Christmas Thoughts 2020 - 2021

I really did wake up with all this in my head! On Christmas Day!! Had Santa put it there or am I really MAD as a pantomime frog? 

I kept thinking though -- it's all really convenient, isn't it? Or is that just me? France suddenly decides to throw a wee fit because of Covid variant? Lorries stranded? Threats of no veg? Perhaps medicine shortages? Fisheries a HUGE stumbling block? Really? REALLY? Then suddenly and at the 11th hour Boris comes home, waving his arms about, grinning -- and BEHOLD the deal is done: just on time for a champagne and turkey Dinner with his little son AW!

What have we been sold this time? A turkey? Red herrings? 

The message at least is clear! You can put all this behind you now. Boris is Best for Britain! Aye, and he will be king thereof.


Sing-Along-Brexmas



Hark you Angels never fear.

Upstaged Jesus twice this year.

Easter Day rose from the dead

Christmas Eve put Brexit to bed.

Always something up his sleeve...

Big Ben Chimes on New Year’s Eve?

What will Boris think up next

under some other neat pretext?

Hark you media ever sing:

Boris really should be King!

***


Ding-dong merrily on the sly

the deal’s done. It’s a good’un.

Ding-dong never asking why

cos this will save the union.

Cool as ever it’s a great endeavour and we’ll doubt him never may he live forever our great Brexit Giver and on Christmas Day!

A veritable snowman.

All historians will tell the story and it’s death or glory and we’ll all vote Tory and there’s great euphoria ‘nd on Christmas Day!

Oh Boris the great showman.


***


Look at the cuts!

Throw us a line.

Things will be absolutely FINE!


Says he we’re in this all together

and all together his all together

is all together preposterous.

Oh he’s quite the drama queen!

Says he we’re in this all together

let’s be together and stay together

but all together we feel we’ve all

been sold some red herrings.


***


Should old divisions be forgot

make it look like nothing’s changed

Should auld acquaintance be renewed

in case Scotland is estranged.

Oh let’s pretend we’re friends again

oh please oh please oh pleeeeeeeze

It really was a jolly game

a jest, a romp, a wheeeeeze.

But now it’s all okay again

the deal signed and Brexit done.

All reunited just in time

for 2021!