First-time poster, long-time lurker.
Inspired by recent posts, and with the local elections coming up, I've written a poem about the dilemma some of us left-leaning voters are facing at the moment. Hope its ok to post it here, I've no idea where else it would go, and to be honest most of its content was inspired by the brilliant, knowledgeable posters here.
Who the X will I vote for?
I haven’t got a clue where I should place my voter’s X
The Right is led by sociopaths, the Left disregards my sex
Women fought and lost their lives to give me a louder voice
But looking at my options I don’t see a viable choice
Our PM’s a compulsive liar with contempt for Queen and nation
Bought by one-percenters, Russian oligarchs and tax-dodging corporations
The Tories lack morality and destroy everything by stealth
Their only ideology is to accumulate more wealth
Self-serving Etonians, indifferent to the rules
They sell off all our assets and under-fund our hospitals and schools
They are seemingly immune to our cost-of-living crisis
Hence their lack of motivation to control our food and energy prices
You’d think the lies and corruption would leave an open goal
For the opposition party to regain some firm control
But Labour as it stands, is sadly no place for me
It’s too busy stifling free speech to fight inequality
It’s sad to see the party that once sought justice for the poor
Hijacked by extremists and their ideological culture war
The Left, what a sad indictment, a testament of our time
That despite record child poverty, mis-gendering is perceived a bigger crime
It’s full of hate for women who politely disagree
that penises belong in female-only spaces and are opposed to Self ID
They call us Nazi bigots who should shut our TERFy mouths
Or lose our jobs and die in fires should we bravely dare speak out
To the Greens I am a “non-man” so I’m afraid they can’t be trusted
As their poor grasp of reality suggests they are easily corrupted
Those who fight for sex-based rights are harassed, purged and dismissed
The environment, social justice and animal welfare seem way down on their list
Upholding women’s rights, the Greens fail to understand
Doesn’t equate to transphobia and wrong-think to be banned
The Lib Dems' shoddy safeguarding leaves me rather nervous
To vote for them, I’d be doing the young and vulnerable a considerable disservice
They are “firmly in favour of self-ID, trans rights, and non-binary recognition”
And don’t welcome independent thinkers, by their own admission
Plus by hiking student fees, they helped create this dystopian situation
Where our bastions of free speech now indulge their “customers” #nodebates and temper tantrums
Divide and conquer, left and right, to stop us looking up
We need a new, independent party that’s not rotten or corrupt
We need adults at the helm to say no, enough’s enough
To halt this post-truth carnival; get real, compassionate but tough
So who the X will I vote for, when push comes to shove?
I have to concede defeat here and say none of the above