by Mike Mesterton-Gibbons

So long, farewell, Keir Starmer, failed First Lord
Of Britain’s Treasury. Your fraught two years,
Less thirteen days, in office underscored
Outstanding technocratic skill appears
Not helpful as PM. Your promise—we’d
Get change—was good: you’re quite beyond compare
For U-turns. But you droned, and couldn’t read
A room like Andy B, whose jaunty air
Replaces your solemnity, and you
Erred most by taking charge beneath Big Ben
Without a plan we’d buy—just like the new
Executive-in-chief at Number Ten …
Long tenure, Andy B? Don’t undersell—
Lest, two years hence, you hear: So long, farewell!