Not Wanted on Voyage

Before the good ship Labour goes to sea
we have to choose who we will let on board.
We want an overall majority
but there’s still passengers we can’t afford.
Not strikers, not the Black Lives Matter crowd,
nor those who want to change the protest laws.
We don’t want angry and we don’t want loud;
cross-party contacts undermine the cause.
Not eco-stuff (unless the price is right).
There are some details we’ll re-arrange
but discipline’s what counts; we keep it tight.
Don’t tell the kids that things are going to change.
No local rebels, passionate and bold.
We want the ones who do as they are told.