The Wrong Trousers?

Posted on December 11, 2016 by twitmericks

An aide to Prime Minister May/
Said “Keep Nicky Morgan away”/
Because she asked whether/
For trousers in leather/
A grand was a bit much to pay.///

http://news.sky.com/story/pm-aide-and-mp-nicky-morgan-clash-over-leather-trousers-remark-10691913

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Korea Break

Posted on December 9, 2016 by twitmericks

A prominent woman from Seoul/

Got into a bit of a heoul/

Unable to handle/

An influence scandal/

She finds herself stripped of her reoul.///

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-38259984

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Climate of Denial

Posted on December 9, 2016 by twitmericks

Trump’s EPA nominee Pruitt,/

A man who kept trying to suitt,/

Insists global warming/

Is all misinforming./

His grandchildren may live to ruitt.///

http://www.latimes.com/opinion/opinion-la/la-ol-trump-pruitt-epa-climate-change-20161207-story.html

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Time on His Side

Posted on December 7, 2016 by twitmericks

The Person of 2016/

According to Time Magazine/

Is Donald J Trump/

Who acted the chump/

But won when it wasn’t foreseen.///

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/dec/07/donald-trump-named-as-time-magazines-person-of-the-year

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A Whiter Shade of Brexit

Posted on December 6, 2016 by twitmericks

Denying she hadn’t a clue/

How Britain can leave the EU/

May said it’s all right,/

It’s not black and white,/

For Brexit is red, white and blue.///

(No, I don’t know what she meant, either!)

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/dec/06/theresa-may-calls-for-red-white-and-blue-brexit

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Key Decision

Posted on December 5, 2016 by twitmericks

New Zealand Prime Minister Key/
Amazed people watching TV/
The ponytail-tugger/
Resigned, the old bugger,/
Which analysts didn’t foresee.///

http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/opinion/87218934/john-keys-best-and-worst-moments-from-8years-as-prime-minister

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Renzi Frenzy

Posted on December 5, 2016 by twitmericks

Prime Minister Matteo Renzi/
Saw voters rejecting him when ‘Si’/
Was beaten by ‘No’/
So he had to go/
Provoking political frenzy.///

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-38204189

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Hofer Seen Off

Posted on December 5, 2016 by twitmericks

There was an old Austrian Green/

Who saw off the far-right machine,/

The populist offer/

Of Herr Norbert Hofer/

Not one on which voters were keen.///

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/dec/04/far-right-party-concedes-defeat-in-austrian-presidential-election

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Resisting A Vest

Posted on December 2, 2016 by twitmericks

A senior Manchester cop/

Was censured for lifting her top,/

Displaying her breast/

And mocking the chest/

Produced by a colleague’s boob op.///

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/dec/01/police-chiefs-tirade-about-breasts-was-gross-misconduct-panel-rules

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Zac Attack

Posted on December 2, 2016 by twitmericks

There is an old Tory named Zac/

Whom voters have given the sack/

He scored an own goal/

By calling a poll/

But failing to win his seat back.///

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-38178486

 

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