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Hugger mugger

Posted on August 10, 2011 by twitmericks

Student Ashraf from Malaysia/Was mugged in a way to amaze yer/Affecting to aid him/They cruelly betrayed him/Now he’s a celeb, even crazier. http://www.channel4.com/news/online-campaign-for-riot-victim-ashraf-haziq

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Insect in sect

Posted on August 10, 2011 by twitmericks

Warren Jeffs’s polygamist sect/Is hopefully totally wrecked/35 years inside/For assaulting his ‘bride’/She was 12 – now what did he expect? http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-14468085

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Riots spread

Posted on August 10, 2011 by twitmericks

In London things got a bit quiet/Up north they continued to riot/As Cameron struts/Some are blaming his cuts/With others refusing to buy it.

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Boris Up the Junction (apologies to Squeeze)

Posted on August 9, 2011 by twitmericks

Bojo never thought it’d happen/With him & the folks from Clapham/On a miniature tour/They gave him what for/& looked a bit tempted to slap ‘im. http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/video/2011/aug/09/boris-johnson-heckled-riot-clapham-junction-video

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Stealing in Ealing

Posted on August 9, 2011 by twitmericks

Lewisham, Hackney & Tooting/All suffered outbreaks of looting/Others were stealing/In Enfield & Ealing/As a Croydon man died in a shooting. http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/uk/shot-man-dies-after-london-riot-16034399.html

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Candid Cameron

Posted on August 9, 2011 by twitmericks

Thousands more cops on the street/As Cameron turns up the heat/He says he’s appalled/MPs are recalled/But is that how all this can be beat? http://www.politics.co.uk/comment-analysis/2011/08/09/cameron-riot-statement-in-full

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Blackberry power?

Posted on August 8, 2011 by twitmericks

The riots in London don’t stem/From the tensions of us against them/Forget sociology/Blame the technology/Twitter, FB, BBM. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-14442203

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I unpicked a riot

Posted on August 8, 2011 by twitmericks

Pundits are busy disputing/The causes of riots & looting/Nicking TVs from shops/Won’t convey to the cops/Any anger at Mark Duggan’s shooting

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Live riot

Posted on August 8, 2011 by twitmericks

The riot in N17/Was available live on your screen/#tottenham seen through the haze/Of a bus set ablaze/Via satellite link from the scene.

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China crisis

Posted on August 8, 2011 by twitmericks

The S&P risk on a bond/From the government over the pond/Is now AA+/Which is causing a fuss/As the Chinese believe they’ve been conned.

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