the courts
for sure maintain
their free to act
but i’m concerned by
parliament
independent supposèdly
of courtly ways
it needs
it must be able
to cure
a justice mess
the plebiscite
can like to vote
opponents in
legals
the largest brat
amongst MPs
can like to keep
their outside skills
alive
but don’t have time
to educate for change
so lawyers still
have strong appeal
to tinker with the courtly flies
and let a justice failure be
like drivers
in always shunting
goods yards
who only see
the slowly moving wagons
not the stretching railway
not the can’t–stop–in–time ramping express
they’ll not decide
to fix a mess
they haven’t noticed
happen yet
the executive
part–neutered
parliament
by whips enticing power
justice
part–neutered
parliament
by colonisation
we need a rule
that legal lads
both girls and boys
are barred to candidate for parliament
unless their justice membership
be eternally revoked
Looks like the balance has changed since this poem was written; the proportion of legals amongst MPs has gone down by a third since 1997. Mind you, the argument isn’t really destroyed; the profession still carries excessive influence; Tony Blair, Prime Minister, and Michael Howard, Tory leader, are both ex–legals.