Simple Simon met a highman in the government Said Simple Simon to the highman: "How are taxes spent?" "Billions," said the highman, "for an anti-missile system that's bound to be obsolete before it gets of the ground." "But that's ridiculous," said Simple Simon, "if people knew they'd make a fuss." "True," said the highman, "and when you take into account that for just about half that amount, everyone could have a decent job and a house in a decent neighbourhood." "Fantastic," said Simple Simon, "I don't believe it!" Said the highman: "Good..."
Roy Bailey in 2012, at Chumbawamba's Going Going concert in Leeds