I think, overall, the New Labour Noughties, with the loss of many traditional values, were very bad for England...

Poem 168 of 230: ONCE CHURCHES - SUMMER 2001

Via modernist transformation:
    Another shopping site for Bolton,
A trendy new nightclub for Barrow -
    Sad symbols of our status quo.

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