Conference Party Season
Government and opposition benches
Deserted: Ministers and their shadows
Have left and the cogs of government slow.
Called up to their political trenches
Delegates – left, right and centre – gather
For their celebrations of platitudes
And misdirection, pompous beatitudes
Of concern and tele-prompted blather.
Jam for tomorrow will be generous,
But jam for today is more thinly spread
Or even denied to those on dry bread,
Who should be thankful and not make a fuss.
Broad discussions and debates are arranged;
Then it’s all over, and nothing has changed.
D. A.