Hidden Message

May went to the Palace of Buckingham,/
But as for the voters, she’s duckingham/
Afraid to confront/
Those bearing the brunt/
Of policies utterly fuckingham*.///

*The Twitter version, because of the 140-char limit, stopped at ‘utterly’. But i don’t think anyone can have been in much doubt how to complete the last line.

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/may/03/the-snap-theresa-may-bloody-difficult-woman-to-find

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Deja Entendu

Le Pen found the message she heard/

From Fillon, who ended up third/

So terribly nice/

She wanted it twice/

So copied his speech word for word.///

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-france-election-idUSKBN17Y0K0

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May Contain Nuts Ideas

Commissioner Juncker concluded/

A deal can be almost excluded/

As May’s stance on Brexit/

 Effectively wrecks it,/

She being completely deluded.///

https://www.forbes.com/sites/francescoppola/2017/04/30/the-uk-government-is-completely-deluded-about-brexit/#6cdecfa94f04

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100 Days That Failed to Shake the World

The POTUS’s first hundred days/
Saw many Trump plans hit delays,/
His ban at the border/
Held up by court order,/
The wall by the snag of who pays.///

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2017/04/28/trumps-first-100-days-what-has-president-trump-done-so-far/?utm_term=.3734179c9b0e

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Strong Doubts

Theresa’s a strong stable leader,/

They say, to explain why we neader;/

So strong and so stable,/

And yet so unable/

To go debate those who’d succeader.///

 http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/general-election-news-tv-debates-petition-theresa-may-jeremy-corbyn-a7702911.html
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When You Gotta Go – You Gotta Go!

A passenger thrown off a jet/
Was possibly made to regret/
That feeling a need/
He went off and peed/
Instead of just sit and get wet.///

http://www.jsonline.com/story/news/columnists/jim-stingl/2017/04/26/stingl-need-pee-gets-man-kicked-off-delta-flight-milwaukee/100885528/

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Sister Act

Blond Boris the mop-headed Mister/

Has lost the support of his sister,/

She’s dumped the FM/

To be a Lib Dem/

And fully-fledged Brexit resister.///

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2017/apr/27/rachel-johnson-joins-lib-dems-and-may-stand-in-general-election-member-tory-brexit

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Where There’s Muck There’s Brass*

A clothing firm’s making a buck/

From jeans ready-coated in muck/

For no small expense/

But people with sense/

Exclaim “What the actual fuck?!?”///

*Old Yorkshire saying that seems apposite here.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2017/04/26/nordstrom-is-selling-jeans-caked-in-fake-dirt-for-hundreds-of-dollars/?utm_term=.b85c3b43aef9

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Trump’s Hand for Women

Ivanka defended her dad/

Insisting Trump’s record’s not bad/

As women’s supporter,/

For he gave his daughter/

Each one of the jobs she has had!///

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/apr/25/ivanka-trump-w20-summit-berlin-angela-merkel

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Jimmy Noos

The fellow behind Wikipedia/

Is entering into the media/

To counter fake news -/

Though some may amuse,/

You know where such stories will ledia.///

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