Long in the Jaws

Posted on August 12, 2016 by twitmericks

There is an extremely old shark/

Who’s lived deep below in the dark/

For such a long time/

That back in her prime/

She might have swum under the Ark.///

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-37047168

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Poetic Justice

Posted on August 10, 2016 by twitmericks

A judge who was bearing the brunt/

Of one racist’s verbal affront/

In Chelmsford Crown Court/

Produced her retort:/

“And you are a bit of a cunt”.///

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/aug/10/judge-defendant-john-hennigan-exchange-insults-chelmsford-court

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Rising Trots

Posted on August 10, 2016 by twitmericks

The deputy leader Tom Watson/
Says entrists are carrying plots on/
Declaring Momentum/
Is out to foment ’em/
So Labour must now take the Trots on.///

http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/aug/09/trotskyists-young-labour-members-jeremy-corbyn-tom-watson

 

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Shale For Sale

Posted on August 8, 2016 by twitmericks

The public acceptance of fracking/

Was found to be notably lacking/

So ministers planned/

To spend a few grand/

To buy local residents’ backing.///

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-37000975

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Little Wight Lies

Posted on August 6, 2016 by twitmericks

The Chairman of Ofsted’s contrite,/

Admitting it wasn’t polite/

Of him to have said/

That folks are inbred/

Who live on the Isle of Wight.///

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-36985931

 

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Going, Going… Gong!

Posted on August 5, 2016 by twitmericks

There was a political goner/

Whose prospects got wanner and wanner,/

And so his mate Dave/

In sympathy gave/

George Osborne Companion of Honour.///

http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/aug/04/george-osborne-and-michael-fallon-among-tories-to-get-honours

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UKIP Keeps Woolfe from the Door

Posted on August 3, 2016 by twitmericks

There once was a big UKIP split/

As three NEC members quit/

And vowed to get even/

With those barring Steven/

For missing a deadline, the twit.///

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-36962266

 

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Trump Slump

Posted on August 2, 2016 by twitmericks

Republican candidate Trump/

Is seeing his poll numbers slump/

His spat with the Khans/

May lose him some fans/

And further boost Hillary’s bump.///

http://www.politico.com/story/2016/08/poll-clinton-trump-dnc-2016-226507

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Lynx on the Loose

Posted on July 31, 2016 by twitmericks

A footloose Carpathian lynx/

Decided captivity stinks./

They trapped him with veal,/

His favourite meal,/

So ending three weeks of high jinks.///

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-36935424

 

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Perfidious Pigeon-fancier

Posted on July 30, 2016 by twitmericks

A fancier faces disgrace/

For fixing a big pigeon race./

The owner was lying -/

His bird wasn’t flying,/

But snug in the loft at his place.///

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/jul/29/pigeon-fancier-faces-ban-over-scam-that-won-him-top-prize-tarbes-national

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