Known Unknowables

Posted on December 12, 2014 by twitmericks

John Brennan of Langley, VA/
Defending the poor CIA/
Said nobody knows/
If torturing foes/
Has helped to keep terror at bay.///
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-30437804

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

Roger Rogered

Posted on December 10, 2014 by twitmericks

A Ukip official named Bird,/
Accused of harassment, averred/
‘I’m not some old flasher,/
I slept with Natasha -/
I swear hanky-panky occurred!’///

Ukip sex pest row: Do these text messages prove Roger Bird is innocent?

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

Torture of Liberty

Posted on December 10, 2014 by twitmericks

A prominent Senate committee/
Found CIA methods weren’t pretty/
With sleep deprivation/
And rectal hydration/
Declared ineffective and shitty.///

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , , | Leave a comment

I Want Candy

Posted on December 10, 2014 by twitmericks

For Tory MP Nigel Mills/
Committee proceedings lacked thrills/
He found Candy Crush/
Brought more of a rush/
Than parliamentary bills.///
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-30375609

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

Let Them Eat Porridge

Posted on December 8, 2014 by twitmericks

There was a Conservative peer/
Who said it’s not food being dear/
The thing is the poor/
Can’t cook any more/
Just let them eat porridge, not beer.///
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/tory-baroness-poor-people-go-hungry-because-they-dont-know-how-to-cook-9910671.html

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

UKIP Nip Slip

Posted on December 6, 2014 by twitmericks

The leader of UKIP disparages/
Breastfeeding women in Claridges/
“Maybe just warn ‘er/
To sit in a corner” -/
Such the position of Farage is.///
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-30342953

Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a comment

Hyperbollocks

Posted on December 5, 2014 by twitmericks

The Chancellor’s busy defending/
Proposals for cutting back spending./
Censuring verbally/
Others’ hyperbole*,/
He notes the world isn’t ending.///
http://www.theguardian.com/media/2014/dec/04/bbc-defends-what-osborne-calls-hyperbolic-coverage-of-spending-cuts

*’A rhetorical figure which produces a vivid impression by extravagant and obvious exaggeration’.

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

Political Illegitimacy

Posted on December 3, 2014 by twitmericks

From studying Richard the Third/
Geneticists say they’ve inferred -/
Can you imagine it? -/
Secret Plantagenet/
Bed-hopping may have occurred.///
http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/dec/02/king-richard-iii-dna-cousins-queen-ancestry

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

Striker Stricken

Posted on December 1, 2014 by twitmericks

Emmanuel Adebayor/

Insists his performance is poor/

Because of the malice/

Of his mother Alice/

Whose curse explains why he can’t score.///

http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/premier-league/emmanuel-adebayor-brother-claims-tottenham-striker-brainwashed-by-spiritual-healers-into-believing-mother-put-juju-curse-on-him-9895945.html

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , | Leave a comment

An Upstanding Member

Posted on November 30, 2014 by twitmericks

I bring you a cock and bull story/
Of how Penny Mordaunt, a Tory/
Discussed poultry flocks,/
Inserting some cocks/
And causing a minor furore.///
http://www.standard.co.uk/news/politics/tory-mp-penny-mordaunt-smutty-cock-commons-speech-dare-9893411.html

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment