Major Tim’s Minor Admission

An astronaut named Major Tim/
Informs us his vocals are grim/
This being the case/
When he’s out in space/
Expect no more Bowie from him.

///http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/space/10068445/Britains-first-astronaut-Major-Tim-Peake-to-tweet-from-space-but-leave-his-guitar-at-home.html

https://twitter.com/twitmericks/status/336557113180577792

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Blue Loon

A Tory grandee who lampoons/

The members as swivel-eyed loons/

Is speaking the mind,/

I think you will find,/

Of various top Cameroons.

///(tweeted Saturday, post delayed as I was away).

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/david-cameron/10066734/Tory-who-called-activists-swivel-eyed-loons-should-be-reprimanded-says-John-Redwood.html

///https://twitter.com/twitmericks/status/335742362540204032

 

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Farage Farrago

There once was a top UKIP chief/

Whose Scottish campaign came to grief/

Farage had to scrub/

His gig in a pub/

As coppers provided relief.

///http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-22566183https://twitter.com/twitmericks/status/335344736892235777

 

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Bye Bye Beckham

A footballing giant named Becks/

Is trading his shorts for long kecks/

He exits the pitch/

Amazingly rich/

With no end in sight to the cheques.

///http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/22558393

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Hong Kong Hooey

There was an old man from Hong Kong
Who tended to speak thru his dong
Saying rapists abuse
Because women booze
A comment demonstrably wrong.
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It’s a Fair Cop

There was an old envoy named Ryan/
Whom Russia was keeping an eye on/
The US James Bond/
Was posing as blond/
When nicked on suspicion of spyin’
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Star Man

There once was an old Bowie fan
In space in a real tin can
& so thinking “Sod It!”, he
Covered Space Oddity
Then fell to earth like The Man.
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Man City Manager Mancini Mismanaged

Roberto Mancini of Italy
Is leaving Man City quite bitterly
Despite a big payoff
The manager’s layoff
Was not done especially prettily.
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Ex-con Exes

There was an ex-husband and wife
Brought low by their marital strife
The pair of old lags
Now out wearing tags
Emerge to a different life.
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Sharif the Chief

A fellow named Nawaz Sharif/

Is set to be Pakistan’s chief./

He staged a revival,/

Upstaging his rival,/

To old Imran Khan’s disbelief.

///http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-22420033

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