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| Ian Duncan Smith |
Ian Duncan Smith is a Thatcherite politician in
the British Conservative Party. The
present Prime Minister, David Cameron, appointed him Secretary of State for Work
and Pensions, a post he still holds. He
is a principal architect of the war against workers, low income families and
the poor, he has been referred to in some circles as "The Minister of Murder". Below is Irish poet, Kevin Higgins' poem dedicated to Smith. *
Ode To Ian Duncan Smith
for Liam
Oh Minister for Worry
and Work.
Your head is a
perfect egg
waiting for the
teaspoon
to come crashing down
on it.
You’re on the side of
hard working
arses who haven’t
stopped to take
a wipe since Maggie were
a lad,
men in white cars who
know
there’s nothing up with
the youth
of today that having
pointless orders
screamed in their
ears before
five in the morning wouldn’t
quickly cure.
You’re delighted to
this afternoon
announce that every
home in Britain
whose curtains remain
drawn after eleven a.m.
this coming Monday will
receive
in the post a leaflet
outlining the cheapest
possible methods of
unassisted
suicide for the
terminally work shy:
the advantages
to both themselves
and the taxpayer
of a quiet razor
blade
over jumping from
footbridges
onto motorways
hardworking families
are busy
driving up and
down.
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