Above all else he desperately 
wants to be prime minister –
wants the top job with all the
trimmings and trappings of the
highest office in the land –
Chequers, Number 10, portrait 
on the wall, trips to America
to meet leaders, a mention in the 
history books, a peerage. But he
won’t do anything, nothing at all,
you’ll barely notice a difference.
All that will change will be some 
furniture in 10 Downing Street.

Paul Birtill is well-known as a Liverpool poet on the circuit. His most recent poetry collections are Bad News and All’s Well that Ends, both published by Wrecking Ball Press.