The greasy oil barons and the greedy gas companies making dirty electricity that’s priced beyond reach. Like a sucking leech on the poor: they drain them of their last coins to maintain hidden pots of gold, and like beady eyed predators they watch and grin then spend their ill gained lolly on another new sin.
Tag: cost of living
Brexit’s Legacy
Startled by swiftness of the grievous downturn, he stood looking at his terraced house, once warm, once welcoming and in his hands were bulging bags, and his children playing their games on tech screens. Weary from work he held the bag from the Foodbank, and felt again the creaking of a body underfed and ——-… Continue reading Brexit’s Legacy
Cruelty in Politics
The knives are out and the dissection started, Each knowing and set their direction signalled.. Tax cuts or higher tax to quell the over wealthy as they lean in and offer or finger their purses. Each one turning the tory vice on their victims: a family, school children, refugees and workers, the struggling overwhelmed by… Continue reading Cruelty in Politics
The Poor paying for the Rich
He looked into his wallet and then into the face of his children. Oliver looked out from their faces, thinned and paled by hunger, Their sad eyes looked at under woolly hats and coat covered arm hugs. — His eyes watered and his empty belly grumbled as he opened the last dull can of beans,… Continue reading The Poor paying for the Rich