I Am No Lover Of My Government

In the privacy of my own home,
when the radio goes off,
or my attention span wanders,
I often wonder at the apt titles
for the many government ministers
whose words leave me angry.

I know what their official titles are,
minister for housing, home secretary,
minister for culture, there are many more.
But what I want to know is what ministers
are actually for, beyond self enrichment.
Which one is the minister for sophistry?
For open fraud? For bluff and bluster?
For weak reasoning? For adultery?
For rebuttals? For nervous apologies?
For leaking government documents?
For fake sincerity? For trashing the opposition
when they have done nothing wrong,
other than being out of power too long.

There must surely be many more reasons
for whoever is in power to be there,
and none of them have much 
to do with appearing to be selfless. 

When The Accent Makes The Difference

With universal suffrage we can add
one more item to what we all face;
after the inevitable death and taxes
we all have the right/duty to vote.

More exactly this means the duty to listen
to the content in the political campaigns
even when we want swear or hold our nose
at the words some party leaders speak.

With votes now held annually and biannually
for local and national offices of state
it will be hard to know who to vote for.

The one thing that a candidate can't hide
is their accent, and they will all be
between posh and regional.

Others will choose  for themselves
but for me a regional accent
will draw me in to listen
with more appreciation.