Most parties do not neatly fit
Into one side, but are often split
Between what’s thought as left and right,
For it should never be lost to sight
That all descriptions concentrate
On what they love or what they hate;
So those wanting wages to quickly rise
Often may be praised to the skies
By left wing groups who fail to see
On how many topics they disagree.
“Stop immigration” might seem right wing,
But socialist workers often cling
To the old idea that migrants will
Take all the jobs that require no skill.
Benefit cuts might well be seen
As being from the right, and very mean,
But communist countries on the left
Often saw idleness as theft.
Many people would agree
That nationalism’s supposed to be
A right wing leaning, but one can find
Socialist countries so aligned.
Although it might seem slightly bizarre
The truth is political parties are
A mixture of policies left and right,
Rather than being either black or white.
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