Yes Minister

Minister - it's Germany...
they've got some toxic waste.
They're anxious to get rid of it
with the greatest possible haste.
No-one else will have it -
it has been twice round the globe.
They are worried if they dump it
that there'll be a UN probe.

Could we possibly take it?
It's no worse than nuclear waste.
We can always tell the people
it will end up harmless paste.
Yes, OK, thank you, Minister -
I'll tell the Germans straight away.
We'll take anything, if the money's right -
I'll tell them what you say.

Yes - I hear you, Minister -
but you need have no fear.
I'll arrange to have it buried -
somewhere far away from here.
We'll send it North and tell them
it's a job creation scheme.
Then add a couple of locals
to our Environmental team.

What if we get pressure
from Green Peace and the like?
Well, that's no problem, Minister -
tell them to take a hike!
While we control the media
they'll never call our bluff.
The masses will believe anything
that's repeated oft' enough.

Pollution causes allergies
that get worse with every year.
But the morons just put up with it -
we've nothing left to fear.
We'll just tell the fools to trust us -
that our experts know what's best.
We can always blame Chernobyl
for increased cancer and the rest.

Yes, we'll just tell them to trust us
and they will - just wait and see.
It worked with Foot and Mouth disease,
it worked with BSE.
When this government loses favour -
and it's the oppositions turn.
It won't make any difference,
the fools never seem to learn.

We'll make our pile on deals like this -
before it poisons us and ours.
Leave the fools with blackened fields -
where once were trees and flowers.
By the time we've made a rubbish tip
of this green and pleasant Isle.
We'll be rich enough to emigrate
and live abroad in style.