Lord Ahmed, a Labour life peer/
Is currently out on his ear/
He told Urdu news/
That powerful Jews/
Were out to destroy his career.
///http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/theres-no-place-for-antisemitism-in-the-labour-party-ed-miliband-condemns-lordahmed-over-claims-he-blamed-imprisonment-on-jewish-conspiracy-8533813.html
There is quite an old Argentinian/
Who has a new global dominion/
The pontifex Francis/
Had previous chances/
But now won the conclave’s opinion.
///http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-21777494
100-odd papal electors/
From all geographical sectors/
Are locked in a chapel/
In secret to grapple/
With who runs their board of directors.
///http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-21750661
Nice little reference in today’s Guardian Diary to my tweet from the Archbishop:
“Just a few days into the job and the new archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, has taken to reputation management. He didn’t mind when twitmericks, the limerick master of the twitterati, penned the following last winter. “There is an old bishop named Justin/ The C of E places its trust in/ As bish on the Wear/ For only a year/ By episcopal standards he’s thrustin.” But last week’s posting by twitmericks (“There was a boy singer named Justin/Who got all aggressive & thrustin/Unwantedly papped/He suddenly snapped/In language profane & disgustin'”) left the head of the archbish a little worried. “Just for the record that is another justin,” he tweeted, by way of clarification. Would potty-mouthed Justin Bieber want to be mistaken for him?”
http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2013/mar/11/hugh-muir-diary-francis-maude-dale
There once was a British possession/
Where vote after vote in succession/
Was pro status quo/
Just 3 voted no/
For Argentine rule, or secession?
///http://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2013/03/who-are-falklands-three
There was an old husband & wife/
Both humbled by marital strife/
Expressing repentance/
Each landed a sentence/
Of 8 months in prison (not life).
///http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/chris-huhne-and-vicky-pryce-both-jailed-for-eight-months-for-perverting-course-of-justice-in-speeding-points-scam-8529546.html
There is an old fellow named Chuck/
Who’s suddenly down on his luck/
He’s got his hands full/
With a chap in Kabul/
Who says US policies suck.
Odinga faced off with Kenyatta/
A win was declared for the latter/
Odinga cried fix/
Alleged dirty tricks/
So that’s not the end of the matter.
///http://www.capitalfm.co.ke/news/2013/03/odinga-to-contest-result-appeals-for-peace/
There was a boy singer named Justin/
Who got all aggressive & thrustin/
Unwantedly papped/
He suddenly snapped/
In language profane & disgustin.
///http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2013/mar/08/justin-bieber-lashes-out-photographer
///https://twitter.com/twitmericks/status/310334153994412032
