Expats & Old Colonials
 

Expats and Old Colonials expect Britain to be the same as it was when they were a lad.

Before they pulled themselves up by the bootstraps to escape the wind and the rain.

It was the land of Bunty & Beezer, of Tram lines & Tizer

There’s nowt wrong with a bit of nostalgia 

but don’t be telling us to keep doffing our caps to those who kept your ancestors in their place.

There is respect and then there is subservient obsequiousness.

By working in finance or for the Hong Kong Dollar there’s a chance to forget your blue collar.

Why should people in poverty show respect at a time of austerity?

The man is dead, he was 99. People of that age are dying all the time.

Your rose-tinted spectacles are smeared in clotted cream and jam.

You’re wearing your Union Jack pin badge while tucking into spam.

There’ll always be an England and the toffs shall rule the roost,

They’ll give you £20.00 in your Universal Credit as a bit of a boost.

And if you’re Scottish, Welsh or Northern Irish you really are in trouble.

Because despite your devolved parliaments

You're ruled by the Westminster Bubble.