March for the NHS (800:200,000 = 0.4%)

March for the NHS (800:200000 = 0.4%)

Yesterday, our NHS was revered;

At 8 pm, people all down the street,

Stood on their doorsteps and massively cheered,

And who would deny that sentiment sweet?

Three years ago, I attended a march;

Protesting contracts, conditions and cuts;

Against privatisation, looming large,

We shouted the odds, with no ifs or buts.

There were nigh eight hundred of us that day

And I lie if I say, I wasn’t proud,

As I, in support of the BMA,

Marched down the high street with that worthy crowd,

Though, for a big town, it could have been more:

Two hundred and fifty times to be sure.