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Farewell to Boris

"Thanks for getting Brexit done"

Peter Morris by Peter Morris
10-06-2023 17:27 - Updated on 11-06-2023 09:12
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Fond farewell then, good old Boris
And thanks for everything. 
Good-bye too to our poor Dorries,
A martyr in the making.
Thanks for the famous campaign bus
And giving Brussel such a run. 
Your lies did never really fool us, 
But thanks for getting Brexit done.
Thanks for the party; sounds like fun.
We’d have been so glad to join you,
We would have brought a bottle too.
But invitation came there none. 
Instead we stayed at home in lockdown
Just as you had told us. 
We had to run the Covid clock down 
In a bid to beat the virus.
So p’raps farewell is not the word 
For one who always took the chance
To act as if he were a turd.
So how about instead: good riddance?
Peter Morris





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I am a semi-retired journalist with experience in North East newspapers dating back to 1964. I have worked on Tyneside, Wearside and Teesside, specialising in regional politics and local government before moving into newsdesk management. I have also worked in media relations for the government. Since retiring I have studied at university and gained a PhD in economic geography.

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