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I’ve failed for seven decades but it’s here now, this is it!
The year that I declutter, eat more wisely and get fit,
I’ll exercise all muscle groups that atrophy and sag,
I’ll hum with joyful sweetness and I’ll never lose me rag.
For Arthur.
Your little life is over,
Of terror and of pain,
Nobody can hurt you now,
Nor ever will again,
In the hands of torturers,
No saviour, no friend,
No love for little Arthur,
And no grave at the end.
'If you cut Universal Credit,people will be poorer.'
'It was always going to be a temporary measure.'
'If you cut furlough,people will be poorer.'
'It was always going to be a temporary measure.'
'People won't be able to pay their rent, if you cut these things.'
'It was always..'
We are being told that there is 'grade inflation' this year so we can return to the grim reality of one-off, high stakes testing. Maybe grades are up because counting course work means that most students do better! They can show what they know, better than in exams.