Hacked Off

Posted on December 1, 2012 by twitmericks

A great many victims of hacking/

Gave press regulation their backing/

Grant, Church, the McCanns/

All Leveson fans/

Found Cameron’s sympathy lacking.

///http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2012/nov/30/leveson-victims-press-intrusion?intcmp=239

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Palestine’s Status Update

Posted on November 30, 2012 by twitmericks

There was an old nation whose status/

Was raised after quite a hiatus/

So now Palestinians/

Can air their opinions/

Throughout the UN apparatus.

///http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-20550864

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Leveson’s Lessons

Posted on November 29, 2012 by twitmericks

There once was a prominent judge/

Whose report was a bit of a fudge/

He says press regulation/

Requires legislation/

So will Mr Cameron budge?

///http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2012/nov/29/leveson-report-new-press-law

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Not Very Nice One, Cyril

Posted on November 28, 2012 by twitmericks

There was an MP int’ Northwest/

Whom police have exposed as a pest/

This can be said/

Because he’s now dead/

Though in life he avoided arrest.

///http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/crime/9707609/Sir-Cyril-Smiths-family-deeply-saddened-as-police-admit-he-escaped-abuse-charges.html

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Arafat: Body of Evidence

Posted on November 27, 2012 by twitmericks

Old Yasser has been disinterred/

To find out what really occurred./

What caused his demise?/

Was he poisoned by spies/

As many have often averred?

///http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2012/11/2012112795443645353.html

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Carney Make up ‘is Mind?

Posted on November 26, 2012 by twitmericks

There was a Canadian banker/

Who said he did not really hanker/

To follow Sir Mervyn/

But after some swervin’/

Mark Carney, I see, pulled a flanker.

///http://news.sky.com/story/1016817/mark-carney-osborne-finally-gets-his-man

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Making Plans for Nigel

Posted on November 26, 2012 by twitmericks

Nationalist Nigel Farage/

Rejected a Tory ménage/

When asked if he’d side/

With the Cons, he implied/

That he’d sooner take part in the hajj.

///http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/its-war-nigel-farage-flatly-rejects-call-from-senior-tory-for-ukip-and-conservative-eu-pact-at-the-general-election-8349014.html

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Spain Under Strain

Posted on November 26, 2012 by twitmericks

There was an election in Spain/

Or not, as some voters maintain/

They’d have Catalonia/

Go-it-alonia/

As per the leader’s campaign.

///http://uk.reuters.com/article/2012/11/26/uk-spain-catalonia-idUKBRE8AP0EJ20121126

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Texan Exit

Posted on November 24, 2012 by twitmericks

There was an old actor in Dallas/

Whose character could be quite callous/

When JR was shot/

The question was not/

Why anyone might bear him malice.

///http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/2012/nov/24/larry-hagman-obituary-dallas-jr-ewing

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Summit for Nowt

Posted on November 23, 2012 by twitmericks

Talks on a new EU budget/

Found members unable to fudge it/

With some states defending/

Increased EU spending/

The wealthier nations begrudge it.

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