Politics
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If the flagmaniacs really wanted to help our communities, they’d swap symbolism for solidarity and put in the hard graft and help their neighbours by putting food on tables, opening warm spaces, sorting out kids’ uniforms, lifts to hospital, checking in on elderly neighbours, supporting one another, instead of dividing each other.
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First, let’s address the elephant in the room: these are not protests. A protest organised to change policy – in this case, the UK having a heart and offering housing and support to asylum seekers – wouldn’t be targeting hotels. It would be targeting policy-makers, not the powerless individuals receiving that support.
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The hate pandemicRuns anaemicThis hate pandemicBloody systemic We turn on each other,While they’re left alone.The hatred smothersBreathe the twilight zone. Scapegoating stormtroopers,Marching on hotels.Radicalised shooters,Fallen under spells. A generation lost,A country doomed.Deaf to the cost,Force-fed to consume. This hate pandemicIt’s epidemic.The hate pandemicYou’re pathetic.
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This close-minded country,Claims it’s got nothing left,Yet the rich minority,Carry on with their theft. They give with one hand,And strike with the other;Our green and pleasant land,Discarded in the gutter. Don’t come seeking sanctuary,We’re bolting every door.No homes, no hope, no dignity,They’ll drag you to the floor. Forget the days of table scraps,There are no
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Pass the parcel politics Politicians silly tricks Pass the parcel politics Politicians think we’re thick Pass the parcel politics Politicians in a clique Pass the parcel politics Politicians all bootlick Pass the parcel politics Politicians make me sick Pass the parcel politics Politicians are all dicks!
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We are denying this right to thousands of individuals, some of whom are fleeing from wars we started, fleeing from communities we destroyed, and fleeing traumatic experiences that we ourselves instigated. We have a responsibility, this isn’t a refugee crisis, it is a humanity crisis and it’s time we took action.



