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It Says Here

It says here that the unions will never learn.
It says here that the economy is on the upturn.
And it says here we should be proud
That we are free,
And our free press reflects our democracy.

Those braying voices on the right of the house
Are echoed down the street of shame,
Where politics mix with bingo and tits
In a money and numbers game.

Where they offer you a feature
On stockings and suspenders
Next to a call for stiffer penalties for sex offenders ...

It says here that this year's prince is born.
It says here: 'Do you ever wish
That you were better informed?'
And it says here that we can only stop the rot
With a large dose of law and order
And a touch of the short sharp shock.

If this does not reflect your view you should understand
That those who own the papers also own this land,
And they'd rather you believe
In Coronation Street capers--
In the war of circulation, it sells newspapers.
Could it be an infringement
Of the freedom of the press
To print pictures of women in states of undress?

When you wake up to the fact
That your paper is Tory,
Just remember, there are two sides to every story.

Billy Bragg