Britishness

What is it to you me old cock sparrow?

Grandad selling fruit and veg off his old Bow barrow?

It is Jacob Rees-Mogg eating a chocolate log

Stanley Johnson resting his feet on some slaves

Jeremy Kyle & Loose Women

The scummy sun and the daily heil

Britishness is a lethal cocktail of class and national resentment

The Scots hate the English who in turn hate the Welsh

Everybody hates the Welsh and who can blame them.

Beth ydy Prydeindod i ti cont?

"Joining the Army sir straight from school

It was your recruiting video, it was very cool."

Didn’t think I’d end up homeless with PTSD

but hey life’s a gamble, a betting shop next to fast food.

Britishness is break neck speed

Hurtling towards the grave, none but the brave.

It’s Dunkirk and Churchill and taking it on the chin

It’s the Miners’ Strike and Thatcher putting them in the bin.    

It’s being confused about your sex and your class

It’s about pawning the family silver to get some brass

I’ll tell you what it’s about, it came to me in epiphany

Britishness is about not being a cunt to your enemy

It is about loving your neighbour and being kind to kids

It’s about rebelling like a Punk and dancing to the Skids

You’ve got to have a sense of humour to be British

a natural disrespect for authority and government

You can be stoic and an oik

but never let anybody bypass your funny bone.