Song for Giscard

I sat into the car this morning and, for the umpteenth time - a pleasure on each occasion - was greeted with the Amy Winehouse version of "Valerie"(I would credit the writer if I could find out who it was). And I looked across the land and thought of all the things that it could mean and in my head I got a picture of .... Valery Giscard d'Estaing.

Asked by the EC to head an effort to "bring Europe closer to its People" in line with the Laeken Declaration, Giscard arguably achieved the opposite with his (some say) onomatopoeiac Constitution project "EUC" for which no-one had asked and which in turn has led to the even yukkier (all agree) Lisbon Treaty.

So, as one does, I avoided Aine Lawlor (always a good idea) and wondered how the song should be altered to meet the requirements of the referendum campaign. This is what I got before I moved on to better things:

Well Sometimes I Go Out, By Myself, And I talk down to voters

And I Think Of All The Things, Of What You Did, And in my head I Paint A Picture

Since demotion, Well My Pitch's Been A Mess, And I Miss the Laeken thing, And The tameness of the Press

Oh Won't You Come On Over, Stop Making A Fool Out Of Me, Why Dont You Come On Over, Va- a -alery

Valer-y-y

Valery

Valery

Did You Have To write a Con, Put the whole project Up As one, Did You Get A Good Lawyer

You bloody blew it all, I Hope You Find The Right Pol, Who'll Fix It For You

Are You Speaking Anywhere, Change The Colour Of Your PR, And Are You Busy

It needs work, and please feel free to take it on and finish it. I see it as one for Dick Roche. I suspect, though, that our "Minister for Europe" does not want Valery to "come on over".