{"id":401,"date":"2017-01-20T16:49:23","date_gmt":"2017-01-20T16:49:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/twomoronnies.carlops.net\/?page_id=401"},"modified":"2017-01-20T16:49:23","modified_gmt":"2017-01-20T16:49:23","slug":"anything-goes","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/twomoronnies.carlops.net\/?page_id=401","title":{"rendered":"Anything Goes"},"content":{"rendered":"

Well, anything certainly went during the recent election campaigns and referenda, didn’t it? Fake news, half-truths and downright lies. Politicians have discovered the age of the “post-truth.”\u00a0\u00a0 With apologies to Cole Porter, but his words just demand to be updated<\/p>\n

Times have changed
\nWhen you enter that polling booth
\nJust remember it’s now uncouth
\nFor politicians to tell the truth<\/p>\n

So today
\nIt’s the fellow who lies the most
\nWho is making the biggest boast
\nAnd whose idea of truth is “post”<\/p>\n

In olden days our politicians
\nHad certain inhibitions
\nNow heaven knows
\nAnything goes<\/p>\n

Where once it paid to be quite formal
\nNow lying through their teeth is normal
\nThey’re Pinocchios
\nAnything goes<\/p>\n

The world has gone mad today
\nIt’s so sad today
\nAll those lies today
\nThat we buy today
\nIt’s all right today
\nTo talk shite today<\/p>\n

The whole world knows
\nWhere once you had to be a bit discreet
\nNow all you have to do is tweet
\nInnuendoes
\nAny thing goes<\/p>\n

Vlad Putin walks into Crimea
\nAnd says that “There’s only Russians here”
\nWell don’t you know?
\nAnything goes<\/p>\n

Where did Farage get all those promises
\nOf Euro money for the NHS?
\nNo-one knows
\nAnything goes<\/p>\n

The world has gone mad today
\nIt’s so sad today
\nAll those lies today
\nThat we buy today
\nIt’s all right today
\nTo talk shite today
\nThe whole world knows<\/p>\n

Three hundred grand is Georgie Osborne’s fee
\nlect’ring about austerity
\nWhat do you know?<\/p>\n

Anything goes
\nWhen Trump says that he’s gonna build a wall
\nAnd Mexico will pay it all
\nDon’cha suppose
\nTheresa says that it will all be fine
\nWe’ll all be in clover when she signs
\nArticle Five O!
\nAnything goes!<\/p>\n

The world has gone mad today
\nIt’s so sad today
\nAll those lies today
\nThat we buy today
\nIt’s all right today
\nTo talk shite today
\nThe whole world knows<\/p>\n

When one day Trump falls out with Putin\"\"<\/a>
\nAnd suddenly sees that big red button
\nAnd there she blows!
\nEv’rything goes!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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