The Business Exchange Swindon & Wiltshire Edition 26: Aug/ Sept 2016 | Page 33

IS IT ME?

IS IT ME?
John Davies is a senior corporate partner at leading commercial law
firm Thrings. In each edition of TBE John addresses a topical news or
business-related issue. This time John’s a poet...

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David didn’t know it when he promised us “the Vote”
The Tories came to power and with Osborne he did gloat
Never did he sit there thinking “Christ what have I done?”
He simply thought that Farage was a proper current bun!

And so we have a new PM, the stately Mrs May
Described by Ken as difficult, but sound in her own way
Comparisons to Thatcher and Mrs Merkel too
At least we’ve got a woman to skipper the new crew

And so he did deliver, and asked us “in or out?”
Surely this fine nation won’t reject the sauerkraut?
My eyelids gently lapped to sleep as Dimbleby said “in”
But when I woke UK was “out”, the news anchors all grim

And as for all these ladies, they’re everywhere you’ve seen
Sturgeon, Wood and Davidson, May and “Ma’am” our Queen
I wonder if old Donald with his candy-floss-like hair
Will topple Mrs Clinton, leaving sane folk in despair?

And what since then has happened to our merry little isle?
Are we sitting here quite pretty, or are we in denial?
The markets have gone crazy, the pound has hit the floor
Against the dollar worthless since we’ve shown Brussels the door

Just when the crazies seemed to end, Len Goodman stood down too!
So even Strictly’s leaderless, no paddle with canoe
When will this summer madness end and once again be sane?
Just talking about the weather and our holidays in Spain

Everyone’s resigning, Cameron has stepped down
And blooming Nigel Farage has thrown away his crown
Roy Hodgson’s done a runner, of Gove we’ll hear no more
But Corbyn stays despite himself, Old Labour on the floor

That’s if the Spanish talk to us, or Italians or French
They need to know that for some of us, leaving Europe