There was an election in Gwent/
To pick the cops’ boss by consent/
Amid consternation/
At one polling station/
On voting day no bugger went.
///http://www.metro.co.uk/news/918119-polling-station-in-newport-reports-no-voters-turned-up-at-all-in-pcc-election
There was an old fellow named Xi/
And also another called Li/
Today the two men/
Replaced Hu and Wen/
How and what they do now, we shall see.
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The scandal of General Petraeus/
Continues, engulfing more players/
Two males & two females/
And 1000s of emails/
Now part of the general chaos.
///http://edition.cnn.com/2012/11/15/us/petraeus-allen-investigation/
(Apologies, slightly late posting this one).
A tall skinny latte-type chain/
Implausibly tries to maintain/
That the money it makes/
On those coffees and shakes/
Results in no taxable gain.
///http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-20288077
Entwistle’s severance pay/
Is well over 400K/
We should perhaps mention/
Twice that for his pension/
Makes 24,000 a day.
///http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/bbc/9671132/Threat-to-Lord-Patten-as-BBC-chief-George-Entwistle-gets-1.3m-pay-off.html
A hearing on Abu Qatada/
Found ministers have to try harder/
To win at appeal/
Is quite a big deal/
Though not quite the whole enchilada.
///http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-20295754
There was an old CIA chief/
Whose time as director was brief/
As a pal who was female/
Got into his Gmail/
To give other friends of his grief.
///http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-20281355
There was on old man from White City/
Who said it is rather a pity/
I just got the post/
But already I’m toast/
While Patten’s up there sitting pretty.
///http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/tv-radio/fighting-back-bbc-needs-thorough-radical-structural-overhaul-needed-says-patten-8304702.html
OK, I admit… I had two quite different drafts of this, and I accidentally posted them both. So here they are:
There was an old man named Petraeus/
Whose agency spied on betrayers/
But meanwhile the Feds/
Were spying on beds/
To monitor marital strayers.
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The boss of the old CIA/
Had to pack in the job yesterday/
It turns out the Feds/
Follow who’s in which beds/
And #Petraeus was playing away.
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/nov/09/cia-director-david-petraeus-resigns
There is an old BBC boss/
Who seems to be quite at a loss/
He hasn’t a clue/
What his journalists do/
Till he’s told, then he gets a bit cross.
///http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2012/nov/10/bbc-chief-unaware-newsnight-tory-peer
