When I was a young Liberal, my friends and I regularly used to do sketches at post-election parties to entertain the troops. Most of these are (mercifully) lost to history, but for some reason I can remember all the lyrics that I wrote to this parody in around 1984. It is sung to the tune of First and Second Law by Flanders and Swann, and is very much of its time, with references to the 'Alliance' and the perceived threat of nuclear war. It came at the end of a longer sketch set in a Conservative committee room for an actual by-election that had made the news at the time where a Conservative loss had resulted in some spectacular and amusing mud-slinging between the agent, his staff, and the candidate.
I don't claim that there's any great craft in the writing, and one or two of the lines test the scansion a little, but it amused![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
sashajwolf when I recited it spontaneously in Liverpool, and I thought it might amuse some of you.
( The First and Second Laws of Voting Dynamics )
I don't claim that there's any great craft in the writing, and one or two of the lines test the scansion a little, but it amused
sashajwolf when I recited it spontaneously in Liverpool, and I thought it might amuse some of you.( The First and Second Laws of Voting Dynamics )