Here's what the Tories have promised to do, and what they're actually doing
After seeing so many U-turns and broken promises, I've decided to express my frustration in a slightly different way
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Your support makes all the difference.A strange poem called "Worst Day Ever?" is cropping up everywhere at the moment, after being pinned around London and shared across social media. Upon first reading it may seem to be a completely negative take on life, but offers a surprising twist when then read backwards. With this in mind I thought I'd have a go doing something similar, but on the surprising disparity between what the Tory government said before they gained power and what they are actually doing. Now that really is a story with a twist, although when read in reverse it's not quite as positive...
A Conservative Poem That Works Both Ways
This Tory government is a government for working people
And it simply isn’t true that
We will make life harder
For the poorest, weakest and most vulnerable in society
We only have it in
For the tax evaders and avoiders.
Those who run the show are absolutely
About to clamp down.
We are not
Pandering to big business and corporate lobbyists
We care deeply about
Environmental policies, being of course “the greenest government ever”.
We just want to scrap
Subsidies to renewables and carbon-neutral housing because
We don’t like to see
Industries that can’t stand on their own feet.
Just look at railways, housing and energy -
Where privatisation has failed
To show any sign of weakness
But, of course, we won’t ever dare
Privatise the NHS.
What we will do is
Crack down on this country’s status as an international tax haven for the super-rich.
No more
People must understand -
The Government
Controls
The banking sector
We’re not in bed with the banks
And it simply isn’t true that
This Tory government is a government only for corporations and the rich
Now read from bottom to top
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