The Smith Commission Composition – a poem by Laura Plumb

Let’s look at the factors to be considered
And the powers they told us that would be delivered
In group discussion we set out our hopes:
For continued engagement from all sorts of folks;
That tax raising powers would be invoked;
That things be made fairer for all not just some.
We considered the concept of basic income.

But what if new powers don’t bring about change?
We need ‘blue sky’ thinking, people not to estrange
A crime not to profit from the energy created
With more of the same and not things innovated.

Or worse.

Who knows post-election whose the power will be?
That legislation will pass is not guaranteed
A coalition of the right would be a disaster
But perhaps only that could bring change about faster…

So how can we help the 3^rd sector to grow
By planning for changes we really can’t know
One option which perhaps might be less confusing
Is to look at the powers we have but aren’t using.
So we’ll set a date to discuss these ideas too

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