I wrote this in 1992. A few lyrical tweaks to bring it up to date, but nothing much has changed in nearly thirty years.

What does it take in this complacent state
Of self-satisfied Daily Mail readers?
Fingers so often burnt, you’d have thought we’d have learnt,
But still we let idiots lead us.
A cat’s arse, a balls, a pig’s ear,
Incompetent, smug, insincere,
The future is painfully clear,
Guy Fawkes had the right idea.
Sold us all down the river so they can deliver
Us into the wilderness gasping
For air, need a lifeline, while they toe the party line,
Crass, egotistical, grasping.
Chorus
Instrumental
They’re led by the science, but condone non-compliance
As long as you’re one of their own,
As the NHS drowns, they send in the clowns
And we follow into the unknown.
Chorus
Who gave the green light to this shower of shite?
Oh yes, it was us, I remember.
Nothing much left to lose, should be lighting the fuse –
Gunpowder, Fifth of November.
Chorus
Chorus
JT: vocals, acoustic guitar, uke bass, mandolin, tin whistles, side drum