okay it’s final / like Tory chlamydia insidiously viral / a bullshit quote from a bullshit bible / thou shalt protect the economy from the wage-price spiral / I’m sorry my child it’s financial survival / your valiant economic compliance is vital / attempting parity will meet with denial

okay I get it / if you work in the public sector you’re a credit / except when it comes to money – forget it / if you get that percentage you’ll only regret it / it’s like mission impossible – if you choose to accept it / take endless wage cuts and get by on credit / inflation will kill us all if you let it

but how is the public sector to blame? / their wages have pretty much stayed the same / while prices everywhere took a big hike / it’s like putting the cart before the bike / (I said that for the rhyme – I meant ‘horse’) / where the horse is half-crazy on oats of course / and the cart’s overloaded with the rich / who can’t figure out why progress has glitched / and society’s tanking since the switch / and the horse is mad so they try to unhitch / and (hopefully) end up tipped in a ditch

years of austerity – who was most hit? / hmm let me think about that a bit / yep – congrats – I think you guessed it / billionaires made fortunes but didn’t invest it / and then the pandemic / corruption endemic / Tory incompetence truly anthemic / war in Ukraine / expensive campaigns / and oh how surprising it’s still the same / public workers take the strain / because corporations have their margins to maintain

so step outside and clap the carers / cute key workers and shit job bearers / hopeless, hapless blue glove wearers / we honestly applaud your brave endeavours / you really are such national treasures / just don’t ask for a living wage ‘cos it scares us