True Believers

At first, he wasn’t certain what he thought;
they’re colleagues, so he takes them at their word.
But now he’s had a look at the report
it’s “tripe…deranged…and patently absurd.”
Dorries, because her peerage was denied,
is fuming, warns that Tories should beware;
if they should fail to vote on Johnson’s side
the threat of deselection’s in the air.
Rees Mogg. now knighted, sees a future when
Johnson returns in triumph to the fray,
reclaims the Tory leadership again
and, riding on his charger, saves the day.
The evidence, meanwhile, slips out of sight
but they don’t care. They know that they are Right.