Geoffrey Hill could no longer draw a firm distinction between "Blairite Labour" and the Thatcher-era Conservatives, lamenting that both parties had become solely oriented toward "materialism". Hill's style has been subjected to parody: Wendy Cope includes a two-stanza parody of the "Mercian Hymns" entitled "Duffa Rex" in "Making Cocoa for Kingsley Amis". Geoffrey Hill Sir Geoffrey William Hill, FRSL (18 June 1932 – 30 June 2016) was an English poet, professor emeritus of English literature and religion, and former co-director of the Editorial Institute, at Boston University. Hill has been considered to be among the most distinguished poets of his generation and
Jonathan Cope (MP for Stafford) daughter. of Sir Thomas Fowle by a settlement of 19 October 1688. Cope was High Sheriff of Staffordshire for the year 1685 to 1686. At the 1690 general election he was elected Member of Parliament for Stafford and held the seat until his death. Cope died on 14 September 1694, and was buried in Ellenhall church on 22 September. His eldest son John was created a baronet and inherited the Hanwell estates in 1721. Jonathan Cope (MP for Stafford) Jonathan Cope (1664–1694) was a British landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1690 to 1694 Cope