Shake Them Off (Tactically)

To the tune of Taylor Swift’s ‘Shake it Off’—
Swift’s Eras Tour wowed the UK in the run-up to the 2024 General Election

Verse 1
They stayed up too late
We called it Partygate
Broke every single rule, mm-mm
Took us all for fools, mm-mm
VIP Lane for their mates (ha, ha!)
Had our taxes on a plate
Let the little people pay, mm-mm
So the fat cats get to play, mm-mm

Pre-chorus
But they keep cruising
Can’t stop, won’t stop bruising;
I find I’ve got these foodbanks on my mind
Worried things ain’t gonna be alright

Chorus
‘Cause rich Rishi’s gonna play, play, play, play, play
And Suella’s gonna hate, hate, hate, hate, hate
Baby, we’ve just gotta shake, shake, shake, shake, shake
Shake them off, shake them off (hoo-hoo-hoo)

Farage is on the make, make, make, make, make
And Shapps is gonna fake, fake, fake, fake, fake
Baby, we’ve just gotta shake, shake, shake, shake, shake
Shake them off, shake them off (hoo-hoo-hoo)

Verse 2
Got sewage on the beach
Who’d wanna nurse or teach?
And that’s what they don’t see, mm-mm
As they spread austerity, mm-mm
No one makes it on their own (makes it on their own)
Who’s gonna mend your broken bones (mend your broken bones)?
And that’s what they don’t know, mm-mm
Too busy betting on their own, mm-mm

Pre-chorus
But they keep cruising
Can’t stop, won’t stop bruising;
I find I’ve got these foodbanks on my mind
Worried things ain’t gonna be alright

Chorus
‘Cause rich Rishi’s gonna play, play, play, play, play
And Suella’s gonna hate, hate, hate, hate, hate
Baby, we’ve just gotta shake, shake, shake, shake, shake
Shake them off, shake them off (hoo-hoo-hoo)

Farage is on the make, make, make, make, make
And Shapps is gonna fake, fake, fake, fake, fake
Baby, we’ve just gotta shake, shake, shake, shake, shake
Shake them off, shake them off (hoo-hoo-hoo)

Post-chorus
Shake them off, shake them off
Let’s, let’s, let’s shake them off, shake them off
High time to shake them off, shake them off
Let’s, let’s, let’s shake them off, shake them off

Interlude
Hey, hey, hey
Just think, instead of getting down and out about the liars
And the dirty, dirty cheats of this world
You could head over to stopthetories.vote
And vote tac–tic–ly!

Bridge
My best friend lives in Weston-Super-Mare
She’s like, “Oh my God! We’re a target seat
So I’ll lend my vote to Labour
As a teensy little favour
Won’t you do the same, baby?
We can make, make, make… (electoral history, yeah)”

Final rousing chorus
‘Cause rich Rishi’s gonna play, play, play, play, play
And Suella’s gonna hate, hate, hate, hate, hate (haters gonna hate)
And we’re just gonna shake, shake, shake, shake, shake
Shake them off, shake them off (hoo-hoo-hoo)

Farage is on the make, make, make, make, make
And Shapps is gonna fake, fake, fake, fake, fake (so much faking)
Baby, we’re just gonna shake, shake, shake, shake, shake
Shake them off, shake them off (ha!)

We’ll shake them off, shake them off
We’re going to shake them off, shake them off
High time to shake them off, shake them off
We’ll, we’ll, we’ll shake them off, shake them off (yeah!)

Update. Here’s how it went!!!

This is my final UK150 post. Thanks so much for reading! It’s been brilliant. There’s more about the UK150 project here, which ran between 2020 and 2024.