Is There Hope?

 

 

Is there hope

For a Parliamentary Opposition

Given the speedy upcoming

General Election?

 

Due in twenty-seven

But could come in twenty-six,

Already the fragmented DLP

Is in a fix.

 

 

 

A four-way split

With the defector Thorne ahead,

The signs point to a DLP

That appears dead.

 

“Dead in the water”,

A term that is occasionally used

Makes for another BLP

Thirty-nil cruise. 

 

 

 

Defector Atherley

And current defector Thorne-

Neither the twain affecting

The BLP’s form.

 

 

 

Hopeless, I would say

But the question I must still ask

Though a different opinion

Is an uphill task.

 

Take the DLP base

That from the polls stay away-

Will they come back out

On election day?

 

And if they do,

For which DLP will they vote?

Please, Barrow DLP’s,

Do take note.

 

Divided, you’ll fall

But united there is a chance,

Mend the broken fences

To advance.

 

Pride is often bad,

The selfish type invariably is

And fragmented attempts

Will surely fizz. 

 

Four pulling differently

Will obviously split the votes

And the DLP will end up

Cutting their throats.

Their own throats,

In case you didn’t understand

And the DLP will continue

In their dream land. 

 

Yet to be awaken

As in the tale, Sleeping Beauty

Still awaiting a prince

For active duty.

 

 

 

Political Opportunists

Join parties that are in power

And now as it stands

It’s BLP hour.

 

Is there hope

For this dismantled DLP?

I would have to say NO!

Most definitely.

 

 

 

Not in twenty-seven

And certainly not in twenty-six,

Not enough time, I’d say,

To find a fix.

 

Stewart Russell © December 8, 2025