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Dipper: 59 - The Great Conifer Con
Author(s): Dr James A Begg
Copyright holder(s): Dr James A Begg
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The Environmental Minister
Dreamed up a wizard wheeze -
- At first glance nothing sinister -
He swore he meant to please
The Environmental Lobby,
And put them at their ease,
When he stopped T.Wogan's hobby
Of avoiding Tax with Trees.
Had 'Our Leaders' shown rare qualities;
Seen the folly of their ways;
Of pursuing ancient policies
That date back to the days
When trees were chopped to prop the pits,
Smelt steel, build ships of oak?
- The pits have gone, steel's had a blitz,
Shipbuilding's now a joke!
Alas! The 'Guardians' of our Land,
Ignoring counsels sane;
Dogmatic minds and grasping hand
Obsessed with private gain;
Have pandered to the Men of Means,
Of Profit, Power and 'Yields',
With a doubled grant for evergreens
To scar hills, moors and fields!
To such men, conservation means:
'Conserve the Ruling Class,
To Hell with soft idyllic scenes
- For where there's muck there's Brass!'
Our landscape goes from bad to worse,
And now to cap it all,
They rob poor Peter Public's purse,
To pay rich Private Paul!
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