Foot plumps for Aslef but as if in spite
The TUC does not and the strike's broken.
Foot's coiffe should go a purer shade of white
Unless his fiery gesture was a token
To make him look a tough nut in a fight
For all those gritty doctrines he has spoken
On that day when they have to be renounced
And Arthur Scargill's strike bid must be trounced.

LRB 21 October 1982 | PDF Download