To the tune of 'I am the Very Model of a Modern Major-General)*
I am the very model of a modern Labour Minister
My words are often cynical, my motivation sinister
I know the laws of England though for me they don't quite register
From Habeus to Corpus, Magna Carta doesn't matter here!
I'm very well acquainted too with matters all political
I understand elections, swing, and all the tricks to rig 'em all
On Paliamentary theorem I am teeming with a lot o'news
With many cheerful facts to use to baffle and befuddle you
I know about the people struggling through in this economy
Yet 'coz I am a Minister it doesn't really bother me
As I make loads of cash from all my Interests on the Register
I am the very model of a modern Labour Minister
Chorus
As he makes loads of cash from all his Interests on the Register
He is the very model of a modern Labour Minister
I know our country's history from Thatcher to Jim Callaghan
I've studied all our foreign wars from Falklands to Afghanistan
And yet I signed the sales forms giving weapons to the Taliban
Because I'm not like Churchill, I am rather more like Chamberlain
Now I can speak to Parliament and People with authority
On topics one and all, from income tax to foreign policy
My speeches are a marvel of sonority not brevity
And I can make it sound to them like I have genuine empathy
And I can write a bill to take your Civil Rights away from you
With DNA, ID Cards and a database to follow you
In short with legislation that's designed to chafe and monitor
I am the very model of a modern Labour Minister
Chorus
In short with legislation that's designed to chafe and monitor
He is the very model of a modern Labour Minister
In fact when I can understand just what is meant by 'poverty'
When I know more of life than does a novice in a nunnery
And worked instead of reading PPE at University
Then I could do my job with more compassion and propriety
For all my time in Parliament, I'm niggardly and cowardly
I simply feel the Laws of all the land do not apply to me
In short, I am a Stalinist, with motivations sinister
I am the very model of a modern Labour Minister
Chorus
In short, he is a Stalinist, with motivations sinister
He is the very model of a modern Labour Minister
*With apologies to both Gilbert AND Sullivan
Wednesday, December 17, 2008
I Am the Very Model of a Modern Labour Minister
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"For all my time in Parliament, I'm niggarly and cowardly
I simply feel the Laws of all the land do not apply to me
In short, I am a Stalinist, with motivations sinister
I am the very model of a modern Labour Minister
Chorus
In short, he is a Stalinist, with motivations sinister
He is the very model of a modern Labour Minister"
Do you have any sinister minister in particular in mind?
Nice! I can barely manage to parody Eminem.
brilliant. the tories should get it set to the music - it would hit no 1 in no time
Magnifico....As Andy said...Dave take not of this..
Classy doggerel. Much enjoyed.
It is indeed a very good re-working of the G&S item, and I have linked to it from an item on my own 'blog (this site is already blogrolled there, since I discovered it recently) with the first verse as a "taster" to get 'em to come over and read the whole thing.
With any luck, my regular readers — both of them(!) — should visit any time now...
Ahh. That's good.
No wonder she wants to ban blogs.
The hatchet faced,Himmler eyed, harpy.
Superb!! and so true.
Loved it! Any possibilities of doing a video of this? Would be hilarious.
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