We need A New Beginning, it can’t be like before
We need a total clear-out, the old guard shown the door
A re-vitalisation, a renewal, a revamp
We need a new direction – but who will hold the lamp?
Who will shine the way as we stumble through the dark?
Down dirty dark blind alleys, where feral stray dogs bark
Who will find the highway that leads to our survival?
Well – why not follow MY way to political revival?
I may be from a think tank, a postgraduate diversion
And yes, I ran a bank, doing currency conversion
OK, I am a lawyer, but I haven’t practised lately
And I served with Margaret Thatcher, but that shouldn’t matter greatly
We’ve bundled out the old chap, ‘Gorbals Whatsisname’?
Not really our sort, but decent all the same
We clapped as he ‘retired’, some crocs were moved to tears
The first Speaker we’ve shown the door in what? 300 years?
The thing is, I’m available, I’m ready and I’m free
You need a brave new Speaker, and I’m proposing ‘Me’
The people want democracy and some say revolution
We ought to throw them something – maybe Cornish Devolution?
Then let’s draw a line under the whole expenses saga
Especially my claim, for a cottage with an Aga
We need A New Beginning – so surely you can see
Your choice for the new Speaker should be – MUST be – ME!
Rt. Hon. P. Bear, M.P., 2009.
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