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Osborne Papers over the Cracks

Posted on December 5, 2012 by twitmericks

There once was a wallpaper heir/ Who found that the cupboard was bare/ So what do we get?/ Ever deeper in debt/ No growth and no money to spare. ///http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2012/dec/05/autumn-statement-2012-key-points?intcmp=239 There once was a wallpaper heir/Who found that the cupboard … Continue reading →

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Not so Fine and Dandy

Posted on December 4, 2012 by twitmericks

There once was a popular comic/ Whose sales used to be astronomic/ But Dan’s Desperation/ Means no publication/ As printing’s now uneconomic. ///http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2012/dec/01/dandy-comic-online

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What Katy Did

Posted on December 3, 2012 by twitmericks

There once was a woman named Kate/ Whom royals expected to mate/ And where, as they say/ There’s a Will, there’s a way/ So HRH doth now gestate. ///http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/kate-middleton/9719408/Kate-Middleton-is-pregnant.html

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Sending out an SMS

Posted on December 3, 2012 by twitmericks

The very first SMS text/ Must have left people rather perplexed/ For nobody knew/ Back in late ’92/ That a message explosion was next.  ///http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2012/dec/01/text-messaging-20-years?CMP=twt_gu

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Poetry on Motion

Posted on December 2, 2012 by twitmericks

A prominent poet named Motion/ Lambasted a minister’s notion/ That giving housemakers/ Two million more acres/ Would just be a drop in the ocean. ///http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2012/dec/01/tory-rural-raid-andrew-motion

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Batting to Battering

Posted on December 1, 2012 by twitmericks

There was a fast bowler from Lancs/ Who entered the heavyweight ranks/ The new boxer Freddie/ Has won one already/ Cheered on by some 6000 Mancs. ///http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2012/dec/01/andrew-flintoff-richard-dawson

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Hacked Off

Posted on December 1, 2012 by twitmericks

A great many victims of hacking/ Gave press regulation their backing/ Grant, Church, the McCanns/ All Leveson fans/ Found Cameron’s sympathy lacking. ///http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2012/nov/30/leveson-victims-press-intrusion?intcmp=239

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Palestine’s Status Update

Posted on November 30, 2012 by twitmericks

There was an old nation whose status/ Was raised after quite a hiatus/ So now Palestinians/ Can air their opinions/ Throughout the UN apparatus. ///http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-20550864

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Leveson’s Lessons

Posted on November 29, 2012 by twitmericks

There once was a prominent judge/ Whose report was a bit of a fudge/ He says press regulation/ Requires legislation/ So will Mr Cameron budge? ///http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2012/nov/29/leveson-report-new-press-law

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Not Very Nice One, Cyril

Posted on November 28, 2012 by twitmericks

There was an MP int’ Northwest/ Whom police have exposed as a pest/ This can be said/ Because he’s now dead/ Though in life he avoided arrest. ///http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/crime/9707609/Sir-Cyril-Smiths-family-deeply-saddened-as-police-admit-he-escaped-abuse-charges.html

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