When we’re out the other side
And no one’s died for 30 days
We shall all convene to plan
For The Grand Gesture.
We’re going to boost the public mood
And bring our country back as one.
We’ve all been through this thing and so
We’ll need A Grand Gesture.
Something to set our hearts alight.
Something to make us smile again
Something that restores our pride:
In short, A Grand Gesture.
And we’re the people for this task,
Well connected, well-to-do;
Good, Great, with get up and go.
Let’s plan The Grand Gesture.
Think it’s our blithe complacency,
Our easy charm, that does the trick.
Noticed it at Balliol
Making grand gestures.
And so we’ll ring up some old pals,
Some bffs from tennis courts,
To pitch in for the tendering thing
For The Grand Gesture
And then we’ll sit for hours and hours
Watching endless PowerPoints,
Donning wellies touring sites
For The Grand Gesture
And now at last the tendering
Process will be done and dusted
So we’ll called a Presser to
Announce The Grand Gesture.
A thing that justifies itself
And speaks to all in our great land.
The enterprise of its fair folk.
This Beautiful Grand Gesture.
I’ll say, You’ll know these boys. They’re great.
I knew their CEO at Stowe.
They’re just the chaps to do us proud
Building The Grand Gesture.
And the winning entry is...
We’ll stoke the tension up a bit....
A New Titanic.
Just the thing
For The Grand Gesture.
Stylish, graceful, built to last,
A sleek streak on the Ocean Waves
The Past and Future forged as One
A Truly Grand Gesture.
The team’s already hard at work.
Their track record’s second to none.
Building icebergs round the world.
HURRAH FOR THE GRAND GESTURE.