C.J. Dennis" Lines to a Lugubrious Leader"

Heres a virtual movie of the most successful Australian poet ever C.J. Dennis reading his poem "Lines to a Lugubrious Leader" first published in the Herald the Australian Newspaper in 1931.The poem asks politicians to take themselves less seriously and to try and be less dull,and to perhaps inject some humour into their approach. With some of the media savvy politicians around today the message seems to have gone too far with their public gloss and lack of substance or sincerity.Then theirs the grey Lugubrious Leaders of that abomination the so called European Community which we in Britain never agreed to ruled by who hide away in brussels meddling with our freedom.Alas politicians don't change they are in it for quick effect,personal vanity,gain,and we the citizen are left to live with the mayhem they leave behind them..

Clarence Michael James Stanislaus Dennis, better known as C. J. Dennis, (7 September 1876 - 22 June 1938) was an Australian poet known for his humorous poems, especially "The Songs of a Sentimental Bloke", published in the early 20th century. Though Dennis's work is less well known today, his 1916 publication of The Sentimental Bloke sold 65,000 copies in its first year, and by 1917 he was the most prosperous poet in Australian history.[1]
Together with Banjo Paterson and Henry Lawson, both of whom he collaborated with, he is often considered among Australia's three most famous poets.
When he died at the age of 61, the Prime Minister of Australia Joseph Lyons suggested he was destined to be remembered as the "Australian Robert Burns.