EU Highway Robbery
Blair gives up rebate and sells out Eastern Europe while Chirac grabs the cash
(With apologies to Adam Ant and his Stand and Deliver)
I'm the EU highwayman
Who follows where the French went,
And alienates accession states
By 10 per cent retrenchment.
I rob the poor to pay by rules
Which all apart from me hate,
While propping up the CAP
By cutting Britain's rebate.
Stand and deliver, I'll have your euros back;
That's how you'll give a good example to Chirac.
From Tallinn down to Warsaw
I extract my fee at gunpoint.
Though they're depressed in Budapest
My hobbyhorse is one point:
We'll take your money anyway,
So why should you begrudge it
If Tony's place in history
Is bought with Europe's budget?