This poem was inspired by the First World War, but it
seems very relevant now that a majority of people in England (and Wales),
unlike Scotland and Northern Ireland, have voted in favour of leaving
the EU. This despite the best efforts of the Remain brigade, who were confident of victory.
I think that Rudyard Kipling would have approved of the unexpected result. I think
that he would have been a Brexit supporter.
The Beginnings
It was not part of their blood,
It came to them
very late
With long arrears to make good,
When the English
began to hate.
They were not easily moved,
They were
icy-willing to wait
Till every count should be proved,
Ere the English
began to hate.
Their voices were even and low,
Their eyes were
level and straight.
There was neither sign nor show,
When the English
began to hate.
It was not preached to the crowd,
It was not taught
by the State.
No man spoke it aloud,
When the English
began to hate.
It was not suddenly bred,
It will not
swiftly abate,
Through the chill years ahead,
When Time shall
count from the date
That the English
began to hate.
From A Diversity of Creatures by Rudyard Kipling
Yesterday, the hatred was directed towards injustice, bureaucracy,
diversity and political correctness that have gone too far, globalisation, the erosion of nationalism, “leftie
luvvies”, the ignoring of the interests of native English people…
