Whether you vote Tory
Or whether you vote Labour
Whether you abstain
From using that piece of paper
Keep it under you hat
Because to publicise it will just inflame
The deliberately divisive debates
That are nothing but a game
For divided we fall
And united we stand
For divide and rule
Is the ultimate plan
Split the country
Down the middle
Blame each other
For the Brexit fiddle
Get the general public
At each other’s throats
Then for the competing parties
Expect them all to vote
Get them all to trudge
To the polling stations
Right on top of Christmas
Fanning the flames of a confused nation
At what should be
A time of peace
So many heightened emotions
So much unrest and unease
Let’s all talk manifestos
Instead of goodwill to the world
Let’s see our ‘leaders’ at loggerheads
And rage against the machine unfurl
Let’s whip the country
Into a frenzy
To hell with seasonal cheer
Give em politics aplenty!
And overshadow what should be
The happiest time of the year
A time to lay down arms
A time to forget our fears
Yes, deprive them of that
Give them much to worry about
Get spinning that spin, ye doctors
Get them soap boxes out!
Bring out the boxing gloves
Play dirty, certainly don’t play fair
Crack on with the smear campaigns
Don’t even come up for air!
And put Brexit in prime position
The burning ‘star’ atop the tree
The catalyst for everything
Threatening to end democracy
What a brilliant idea –
Whitehall, you shouldn’t have!
To hell with the birth of Christ
The PM’s job is up for grabs!
And so instead of celebrating
We all engage in our various campaigns
Perhaps set ourselves up for a fall
If we have our hearts set on who ‘wins’
But if someone ‘wins’
Someone always will lose
And we really should be as one
Not divided and having to choose
So, like I said, keep schtum
If indeed do this we must
Then get on with having fun
And commemorating Christmas.