Len Webster's 'Orwellian Nightmare' Poem by Len Webster

The New Establishment is very well-meaning,
Believes in Democracy, holds itself Accountable to the People,
Gathers in Evidence
To re-mould the Truth about itself,
All in the cause of guaranteeing Our Freedom
And doing the Right Thing.

The New Establishment promises to be
Our Deliverer from the Past
That has been shunted into sidings
And fossilized in museums for children,
Dismissed as an irrelevance and an inconvenience,
A threat to the New Moral Order. Best forgotten.

The New Establishment is oh-so-Politically Correct,
Believes in itself and Equal Opps,
Has a Mission Statement or two to ensure
No-one is in any doubt about its
Constant Search for Excellence
And its Drive Towards Prosperity.

When the Awful Media attack it for Incompetence,
The New Establishment clusters together to assure us
Everything is fine, that black is white and red is green,
That nothing is exactly as it seems
To the Salivating Mad-Dog Media Pack
Out to destroy our belief in ourselves.

Showered with Evidence, we blink and grumble,
Choosing a prejudice and sticking with it until
The New Establishment, so veryh, very well-meaning,
Reassures us of its Good Intent, its Commitment,
Reminding us of its Many Accomplishments on Our Behalf,
Of money well spent, time well saved, wars won
And enemies vanquished, especially those on the Home Front
That threaten the New Establishment.

We should be grateful for its Constant Struggle,
Acknowledge our dependence with humility,
Admit that day is night, might is right,
Give in at the first sign of a fight
With the colossal fraud demanding to be fed,
Give in to the calculated attempt to tamper with the head.

But, yes, of course the New Establishment is very, very Well-Meaning,
Holds the People's Best Interests close to its heart
And will therefore hold fast to its Firm Belief
That it is Right until proven wrong.
Then everything will change
And a people marched up to the top of the hill
Will, unknowingly, be led, oh-so-cleverly, back down again.


(2003/Written as the Blair-Brown Conspiracy brought Britain closer to bankruptcy.)