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Fox in Stocks

Posted on October 18, 2011 by twitmericks

Now that top civil servant Sir Gus/Has done looking into the fuss/About Liam Fox/I say bring back the stocks/And let him be pelted by us. http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2011/oct/18/liam-fox-damning-verdict-failure-judgment

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Rose Again

Posted on October 18, 2011 by twitmericks

The reunion of the Stone Roses/Will be a success, one supposes/If John, Ian, Mani/& Reni are canny/And control what they put up their noses. http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2011/oct/18/stone-roses-reunion-comeback-gigs?newsfeed=true

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Shalit Come to Pass?

Posted on October 18, 2011 by twitmericks

#Shalit says he hopes his release/By Hamas will help to increase/The pacification/Of Israel’s relation/With Gaza, and so advance peace. http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/world_now/2011/10/gilad-shalit-israel-peace-agreement.html

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Bigot Deal

Posted on October 17, 2011 by twitmericks

A Glaswegian man aged 28/Is Her Majesty’s newest inmate/The bigot was tried/And got 8 months inside/For #Facebook sectarian hate. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-15333744

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BlackBerry Jam

Posted on October 17, 2011 by twitmericks

#BlackBerry hopes a new app/Will make up for its being so crap/But the chances are slim/As the company, RIM/Has a huge credibility gap. http://uk.reuters.com/article/2011/10/17/uk-researchinmotion-idUKTRE79G17I20111017

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St Paul’s-up

Posted on October 16, 2011 by twitmericks

The team occupying the City/When it came down to the nitty-gritty/Made errors procedural/So they’re in a cathedral/And not LSX. What a pity. Occupy London: Are We Free To Protest Or Is This A Police State? – OpEd

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Plot or not?

Posted on October 16, 2011 by twitmericks

An American born in Iran/Is accused of concocting a plan/To kill an ambassador/But mates say he’s placider/Than your normal jihadi hit man. http://english.aljazeera.net/video/americas/2011/10/20111015115514112836.html

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Occupational Hazard

Posted on October 15, 2011 by twitmericks

Global protesters join ranks/Saying Wall St and City No Thanks/But in France the G20/Is offering plenty/More dollars to bail out the banks.

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Fox Hole

Posted on October 14, 2011 by twitmericks

Cut the telephone, stop all the clocks/The Cabinet’s lost Liam Fox/But as Tories mourn/One’ll be less forlorn/For whom opportunity knocks. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-15300751 (With apologies to W.H. Auden)

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Rubbish Minister

Posted on October 14, 2011 by twitmericks

Minister Oliver Letwin/Has been outed as rather a cretwin/He used a park bin/To put work letters in/How on earth did this ass ever getwin? http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/8826113/Oliver-Letwin-Cabinet-Office-minister-threw-documents-into-park-bins.html

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