British Comedy Guide

Revue of 2010 - #3: LibDems

Another to ignore but good for my soul to get off my chest. This was inspired by an August poll putting the LibDems at their worst rating for years. They've got worse since.

ONE IN TEN (after the UB40 song)

TO BE SUNG BY A ROSETTE-WEARING LIBERAL DEMOCRAT (CENTRE STAGE) AS NICK CLEGG CAVORTS WITH HIS NEW CHUMS TO THE SIDE

I am a one in ten
A Liberal Democrat
As low as one in ten
Because our leader is a twat
We've halved in popularity
Because he's sold our soul
The only liberal shit we've left
Comes out of Simon Hughes's hole

That power-crazy Clegg
Has hooked up with the enemy
I wish we had the choice now
To go back to Kennedy
One's a pisshead ginger loser
One's a public schoolboy toff
One gives a f**k for liberal values
The other can f**k off

I am a one in ten
It's getting worse I fear
Remember 2010
The year my party disappeared
We're going to get the blame
For plans to cut the deficit
Like an inverse Midas touch
It's turning gold rosettes to shit

We once had progressive thinking
To the left of Blair and Browm
Now we're as popular as John McCririck
With his trousers down
These days at a dinner parties
Is it worse to confess that
You're a whore or kiddie fiddler?
Or a Liberal Democrat?

END

This is well written but like anything that touches or references the Liberal Democrats becomes faintly shit by association.

I wasn't sure who they were so I Googled them. Apparently they were once looked upon as political party - albeit a self-defeating one which usually helped keep it's opponents in power by splitting the dissenting vote and wasting their portion.

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