A wind from a far distant land/
Has blanketed England in sand/
For people with asthma/
This grainy miasma/
Is more than our poor lungs can stand.
///http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/environment/10739019/Sahara-dust-storm-prompts-serious-health-warning-for-asthmatics.html
The NAO reckons the sale/
Of shares in the old Royal Mail/
Was done at a price/
In spite of advice/
That short-changed the state – epic fail!
///http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/apr/01/royal-mail-undervaluing-taxpayer-cable
The nomenclature of an ass/
Got one chap in trouble, alas/
To name a beast Sisi/
In Egypt’s not PC/
And gets you imprisoned for sass.///
http://www.albawaba.com/editorchoice/donkey-sisi-565700
The UKIP boss Nigel Farage/
Has paid an unlikely homage/
Admitting a crush on/
That bare-chested Russian/
The Kremlin’s kick-ass grand fromage.
///http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/nigel-farage-vladimir-putin-is-the-world-leader-i-most-admire-9224781.html
In Paris high-level discussions/
Between the US and the Russians/
Concerning #Ukraine/
Have failed yet again/
With globally felt repercussions.
///http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304886904579471933179823314?mg=reno64-wsj&url=http%3A%2F%2Fonline.wsj.com%2Farticle%2FSB10001424052702304886904579471933179823314.html
There was a Korean named Kim/
Who said men must all get a trim,/
So sources report,/
To make their hair short,/
But floppy on top just like him.
///http://www.independent.co.uk/news/weird-news/north-korean-men-ordered-to-get-kim-jong-uns-haircut-9216998.html
Celebrities Gwyneth and Chris/
Dissolved their connubial bliss/
In conscious, they say,/
Uncoupling today,/
Which led to mass taking of piss.
///http://www.telegraph.co.uk/men/relationships/10723972/Conscious-uncoupling-break-up-language-explained.html
The ref in an Arsenal game/
Thought Gibbs and the Ox looked the same/
The silly old git/
Has had to admit/
He gave the wrong player the blame.
///http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/26711403
There once was a chicken from hell/
That roamed the US for a spell/
The fierce oviraptor/
Was not an adaptor/
So didn’t survive very well.///
