this is ENGLAND

Cocaine users are murdering the heroin users
Boasting of their exploits down local boozers
The twisted mentality of chemical addicted thugs
Life is cheap in England and so are the drugs

thisISengland

Now the kids play with knives, not on an Xbox
The playground stabbings that no longer shocks
A moped crime-wave, outlaws use acid attacks
Yet crime rates are falling according to GOV.UK facts

THISisENGLAND

Twisted ideologies and terror related violence
We all stand together in one minutes silence
Citizens watch Goggle-box, Big Brother, Night at the Proms
Other hobbies include hatred and making home made bombs

this is ENGLAND

Everyday families evicted by creeping gentrification
An evident symptom of a have and have not nation
With food bank referrals becoming increasingly normalised
Another spike in homelessness and no ones surprised

This Is England

Capitalism, Ken loach and “I am Daniel Blake”
Corrupting social media and the news that is fake
DWP Kafkaesque bureaucratic apathetic game
Stiff upper lip folks before you look away in shame

thisisENGLAND

The sexual offences act 1967 does not prevent
The recent homophobic hate crime rising by 22 %
Be brave and be the person you want to be
If you are queer or gender fluid or LGBT

Maybe this is England?

The “Snoopers Charter” is not a theoretical conspiracy
Our emails and city centres are under constant scrutiny
The CCTV is busy recording all the drunken fights
While taxi drivers rape passed out girls some nights

THIS is.............england

“Stay Calm And Carry On” don't cause a fuss
While student debt is creeping up to 50k+
And ASBOs are a cheaper honours degree
Social mobility is no longer a guarantee

thisisenglandthisisengland

British Gas is raising basic energy prices
Coincides with winter, heat becoming luxury vices
Pensioners caught in the poverty cycle freeze
Cut the winter fuel allowance 42%  of us agrees

THIS

While MPs enjoy rent boys and golden showers
Families and friends are burning in grenfell tower
Equality, diversity are the British values we promote
Ignoring the hard Brexit and the blatantly racist vote

IS

england loves UKIP and the BNP
england loves Jimmy Saville repeats on TV
Rochdale paedophile rings and social alienation
Warring communities, underfunded social care and education


ENGLAND

Austerity and  offshore cayman accounts
Begging Donald trump for a trade discount
Joining gangs is a career option in this life
As a fatalistic struggle is accepted as everyday strife

this

No cigarettes in pubs only puff on the vape
Evil legals highs are the most vulnerables escape
Weed is still illegal, so smoking in the silence
Regardless of increase in deaths and alcohol related violence

is

Wages still stagnate in relation to inflation
Yet still selling tools of war to the Saudi nation
So get involved, wave a flag for the ever caring queen
Deny our situation, pretend her wealth is not sickeningly obscene

england

Knighting paedophiles in silent complicity
Lack of equality in the BBC pay disparity
Significant rise of  ignorant right wing hate
The ineffectual prime minister still refuses to debate

th s  s  ngl nd

“Leaves blood on our hands” the judge said
Inadequate funding leaves girl X without a bed
Lack of government mental health care provision
Leaves vulnerable girl X released without supervision

thisisengland

Fish n chips and cuppa tea
Jeremy Kyle abusive D list celebrity
Football factories and Danny dyer
Class distinctions and the Grenfell fire

This is England

Shane meadows, dead mans shoes
In 2017 not only working class lose
North south divide, misogynistic sleaze
Pint of Stella, hate, pie and peas

this
is
england

This is England
not Blackadder
or game of thrones
They assume we are all
uninformed
ignorant  
drones
This is England
so what does that mean?
Laziness?
Apathy?
Complicity in the obscene?

As a very intelligent Australian once said (Jim Jefferies)

We can all do better....