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about
I heard a ‘New Labour’ politician making out that they were ‘left of centre’ (no, really!) I wrote down just a few of the government’s recent actions and ended up with a list. Then I came up with a further list. I know that freedom of speech and such like is not necessarily a left-ish belief but it is in my world so there.
lyrics
Left of Centre
My colleagues and I are the good guys, proud to represent you
We need your money to do those good things, to make life better for you
But now somehow you don’t seem to like us, but we really haven’t turned away from you
We still believe in those principles, we’re left of centre through and through
We’re left of centre in a nuclear powered kind of way
We’re left of centre in a cut down the dole kind of way
We’re left of centre in a privatisation kind of way
We’re left of centre in a lock ‘em all up kind of way
We’re left of centre in an increasing inequality kind of way
We’re left of centre in a crack down on the poor kind of way
We’re left of centre in a sucking up to billionaires kind of way
We’re left of centre with consultants at £1,000 a day
But we only pay ourselves what we think right, just a few multiples of yours
We let in some women and some dark skins, from private schools of all sorts
We are the patriot modernisers, we believe in queens and wigs and fur
I can do my job so much better if I do several others first
We’re left of centre in a knighting your friends kind of way
We’re left of centre in an off shore tax kind of way
We’re left of centre in a corporate sponsored kind of way
We’re left of centre in a tabloid crawling kind of way
We’re left of centre in a DNA test kind of way
We’re left of centre in a prove you’re Brits kind of way
We’re left of centre in a finger printed kind of way
We’re left of centre in a where’s your ID boy kind of way
Searching for peace in a nuclear escalation kind of way
Modern democracy in a tagged like pets kind of way
Protect your freedom in an iris scanned kind of way
Open government in an official secrets kind of way
Civil libertarians in a CC camera kind of way
Freedom of information in an exempt from the law kind of way
We’re left of centre in a top up fees kind of way
We’re left of centre in a no wealth tax kind of way
We’re left of centre in a keep ‘em poor kind of way
We’re left of centre in a sleazy arms deal kind of way
We’re left of centre in a covering up bribery kind of way
We’re left of centre in a banning demonstrations kind of way
We’re left of centre in a supporting torture kind of way
We’re left of centre in an illegal war kind of way
We’re left of centre in a right-wing authoritarian kind of way
credits
from Illegal Songs,
released January 14, 2008
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