It's a mad mad world

Here's a poem called '˜A mad mad world' written in connection with the latest news about the pensioners who were arrested during the November 17, 2016 '˜Dawn Raid' at rustlings Road.

By The Newsroom

Published 20th Jan 2017, 05:55 BST

Updated 20th Jan 2017, 05:57 BST

Jenny Hockey and Freda Brayshaw (right) who were arrested by police after protesting against a controversial tree felling programme

It seems a very mad old world to me, full of such disparity

Two grannies are going to be prosecuted for trying to save a tree

After the ‘dawn raid’ there was a riot in another part of town

But no arrests and apparently no charges handed down

Yet two pensioners to be prosecuted under a Public Order Act?

A harsh decision to me and to many others, that’s a fact

The pensioners were shocked and shaken by the ‘dawn raid’

For those intent on punishment well, they’ve already paid!

I’d like to think this is merely a mistake, an error or a blip

When did the Public Order Act just become a lucky dip?

Isn’t a silver command usually used for a much larger case?

I guess a POA charge allows police and council to save face

Bemused

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