25 years later Europe still dominates our politics here in the UK – oh boy.
Anyway, the Maastricht Treaty was the hot potato in 1993. I wrote this:
MA STRICHT
(To the Tune of “Ma Baker”)
FEMALE VOICE:Freeze, this here’s the Ma Stricht treaty. Put your hands in the air and gimme all your constitutional powers.
MALE VOICE:This is the story of Ma Stricht. The longest bill in old Westminster town.
VERSE 1
It was the longest bill, At the third reading stage,
A repetitious bill,It seemed to take an age,
It was no fun at all,No no no fun at all;
It was the tritest act, In old Westminster town,
A most prosaic act, They tried to bring it down,
Till the whips came along,Then Tories played along.
CHORUS 1
Ma ma ma ma, Ma Stricht is, Parliament’s main fight,
Ma ma ma ma, Ma Stricht keeps, MPs up all night,
Ma ma ma ma, Ma Stricht is, as boring as hell,
Ma ma ma ma, Ma Stricht cos it’s the Lords match as well.
VERSE 2
She was the meanest cow,In old Westminster town,
An old and bitter cow,In her red Ermine gown;
She had no heart at all,No no no heart at all;
She used her heavy mob,These thugs all owed her credit,
An evil heavy mob,Lord Joseph and Lord Tebbit;
They had no heart at all,And had no brains to call.
CHORUS 2
Ma ma ma ma, Marge Thatcher, she and her old Peers,
Ma ma ma ma, Marge Thatcher, fought Europe for years,
Ma ma ma ma, Marge Thatcher, she thought the EC,
Ma ma ma ma, Marge Thatcher ought to stage World War Three.
MAJOR:This is a special bulletin. Marge Thatcher is the Tory Whip’s most considerably wanted woman. Oh yes. If you see anyone voting with this woman, please report it immediately to Tory Central Office.
THATCHER:Don’t anybody move. Hand over that treaty.
VERSE 3
John Major’s dull and thick, But he knows Thatcher’s ploys,
He’ll make the treaty stick,With his Tory whip boys,
Though it won’t work at all,Cos it’s not meaningful.
CHORUS 3
Ma ma ma ma, Ma Stricht oh, when will the end come?
Ma ma ma ma, Ma Stricht needs, a referendum,
Ma ma ma ma, Ma Stricht has, got nowhere to go,
Ma ma ma ma, Ma Stricht cos half of Europe says “no”.
Here is a vid of Boney M (probably) singing Ma Baker: