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Opportunities – a pantoum constructed from Boris Johnson’s own words

There are no disasters, only opportunities

Harry Gallagher by Harry Gallagher
27-04-2021 10:44 - Updated on 13-04-2022 19:57
in Performance, Politics
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"Boris Johnson Self-Isolating" by UK Prime Minister is marked with CC BY-NC-ND 2.0.

"Boris Johnson Self-Isolating" by UK Prime Minister is marked with CC BY-NC-ND 2.0.

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 There are no disasters, only opportunities
 Let the bodies pile high in their thousands
 It is easy to make promises, it is hard work to keep them
 I lead a life of blameless domesticity and always have done
 Let the bodies pile high in their thousands
 I'd like thousands of schools as good as Eton
 I lead a life of blameless domesticity and always have done
 What I worry about is that people are losing confidence
 I'd like thousands of schools as good as Eton
 I do think it's important to be transparent
 What I worry about is that people are losing confidence
 I am hoping very much to get re-elected
 I do think it's important to be transparent
 I do not believe I have been remotely sexist
 I am hoping very much to get re-elected
 I believe we now have a glorious opportunity
 I do not believe I have been remotely sexist
 It is easy to make promises, it is hard work to keep them
 I believe we now have a glorious opportunity
 There are no disasters, only opportunities. 
Harry Gallagher
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