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11 May 2026 /Posted byPaul Laughlin
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Image: Starmer Badge from Labour Party Store

By Paul Laughlin

The change generations
Have bled to secure
Is denied by decisions
Which contrive to ensure
The poor still wait
To see the day when
Privilege and rank
Have withered away
While the pieces are
Moved to no good effect
By players who never
Quite grasp the real game
And things only change
So they can stay the same

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Paul Laughlin is a poet and activist. He is a director of the Bloody Sunday Trust in Derry. His poems have appeared in numerous publications and anthologies, and his collection of Irish language poetry, Dorn San Aer is published by Colmcille Press.

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