At this time of year meant for excitement and elation,

We take time to consider the state of the nation.

Some will view 2020 as a calamitous year,

It started with Trump spreading division and fear.

With Dominic Cummings former Brexiteer in Chief

And his pet chimp, BoJo, providing comic relief.

BoJo, a man of tremendous privilege and wedge,

With the appearance of one dragged through a hedge.

He waits for the crowd to move so he can see

Which way to jump, then shouts “follow me”.

Brexit negotiations took a back seat

When something else achieved the unbelievable feat

Of actually being worse than a nation apart

But a wretched pandemic which declines to depart

Did it’s best to ruin 2020 for many folk

And our NHS and economy may soon be broke.

The Brexit deal is as good as lost

No claims written on buses regarding the cost.

So is all lost? Is it time to despair? Throw in the towel or arms up in the air?

Well no, not quite or or at least not yet

While negatives loom large it’s easy to forget,

Kier Starmer seems more likely to provide

Leadership in opposition, to unite not divide.

Goodbye Mr Trump, we can bear you no more,

As the first black, Asian, female VP shows you the door.

And Black Lives Matter, as all lives should.

The NHS stood strong, a force for good.

Marcus Rashford showed rare appeal

Arguing even poor kids should get a meal.

Scientists strived to solve the blight

And now workable vaccines are in sight.

Same sex rights found new hope

In Northern Ireland and from the Pope.

So there’s more than just a glimmer of light.

Life is what you make it so try to do right.

Let’s leave division and hatred behind.

Try to be positive, thoughtful and kind.

You’ve got a whole twelve months until December 

So go on, make 2021 a year to remember.