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Economic Growth Exchequer mandarins, in need of cash, Collude with pubs to raise it from more sales Of alcohol at night-time, when a bash Need never more break up too soon in Wales Or England. Longer opening hours mean both More opportunity to be pie-eyed In public and more "economic growth"— Consumption with taxation on the side. Great Britain's not for temperance if booze Revives its fortunes: Rachel Reeves's vows Of no new taxes mean tax revenues Will have to come instead from old cash cows: The more you drink, the more taxation will Have drained your wallet, paying Reeves's bill! (First published in Light on 13th October, 2025 as one of the Poems of the Week. Story here) |
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