Ying and Yang of Politics

By luigi_pagano

Tue, 16 Dec 2014
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            A                                               B

to generate growth
must be our main aim
so we have to reject
the opposition’s claim:
                                                we are facing ruin
                                                and soon we will be broke
                                                because we have been sold
                                                a pig in a poke;                                                         
the economy is booming
we have plenty of food
the morale of our people
has never been so good;
                                                in the nineteen-thirties
                                                the stock market was rotten,
                                                the Wall Street crash 
                                                must never be forgotten

therefore let’s implement
our works programme
and condemn those men
who don’t give a damn
                                                because if we ignore
                                                the lessons of the past
                                                we won’t reach our goal
                                                and we’ll be sinking fast

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Submitted by Philip Sidney on

Clever!

Submitted by luigi_pagano on

Ta muchly, Philip.

Luigi

 

Submitted by Rhiannonw on

I remember you tried to get us all having a go at this sort of thing some time ago! Very hard.
This left me wondering if it could lead to a treatise on the similarities in what both sides are saying in their judgements of the past and where they want to go though judging each other's methods and achievements disastrous. Would have to think about it a bit more! Rhiannon

 

Submitted by luigi_pagano on

I believe that such a task would stretch your imagination to the limit, Rhiannon. Although they seem adversarial, all parties espouse similar policies . Their contrarian viewpoints amount to simple exchanges rebutting each other's performance: "You are doing it all wrong, we can do it much better" or "Instead of Plan A you should adopt plan B". Whatever the alternatives, they are seldom spelled out. frown

Luigi x