The UK consumption of drink/
Is quite a lot more than we think/
The stuff we admit/
Is only a bit/
Of the booze that we actually sink.
///http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/health-news/a-nation-of-secret-boozers-english-people-underestimate-how-much-alcohol-they-drink-8512382.html
There was an Italian comic/
Whose poll rise was quite astronomic/
As voters rejected/
The old unelected/
Supremo of things economic.
///http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/feb/25/beppe-grillo-italy-election-success
A Cardinal quit with the hope/
That the conclave to pick a new Pope/
Will not be distracted/
By claims that he acted/
Improperly, having a grope.
///http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/catholic-church-in-turmoil-as-cardinal-keith-obrien-announces-resignation-amid-claims-of-inappropriate-conduct-8509612.html
With Oscars, to win one or two is/
A sign of a movie star who is/
Somebody to see/
But taking home three/
Must mean you are Daniel Day-Lewis.
///http://news.sky.com/story/1056420/oscars-historic-win-for-daniel-day-lewis
A cardinal known as O’Brien/
Has issued a statement denyin’/
He once was a beast/
To more than one priest/
(He’ll need a defence that’s cast-iron).
///http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/feb/24/pope-considering-response-inappropriate-acts-cardinal
///https://twitter.com/twitmericks/status/305687225486688257
A Liberal Democrat peer/
Groped numerous women, we hear/
An aide to Nick Clegg/
Says he handled her leg/
Lord Rennard insists it’s a smear.
///http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2013/feb/22/liberal-democrats-old-claims-sexual-harassment
Lawyers for Oscar Pistorius/
Emerge from the hearing victorious/
Their client gets bai/
So won’t go to jail/
A free man, if somewhat notorious.
https://mobile.twitter.com/twitmericks/status/304961945646280704?p=v
Pretoria’s leading detective/
Was anyway quite ineffective/
But if Hilton Botha/
Attempted to murder/
He’s toast from whatever perspective.
///http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/africa/pistorius-detective-pulled-off-case-as-he-faces-seven-attempted-murder-charges-8504121.html
Dave Cameron went to Amritsar/
To show how regretful the Brits are/
For that bloody scene/
Back in 1919/
But apologise? No, not one bit. sah!
///http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/david-cameron-makes-no-apology-for-amritsar-massacre-8503905.html
