Shock Verdict

Posted on October 22, 2012 by twitmericks

Seven men who did not spot a quake/

Were jailed for their awful mistake/

But scientists fear/

There’s a precedent here/

For seismology’s no piece of cake.

///http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-20025626

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Savile Row

Posted on October 22, 2012 by twitmericks

There was an old fixer named Jim/

Exposed as a paedophile crim/

It looks like the Beeb’ll/

Regret being feeble/

By shelving a Newsnight on him.

///http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2012/oct/22/bbc-newsnight-jimmy-savile-scandal

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Horses for (inter)courses

Posted on October 21, 2012 by twitmericks

There once was a very fast nag/

Who had every race in the bag/

But though it seems funny/

He’ll make much more money/

By giving up racing to shag.

///http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2012/oct/20/frankel-wins-champion-stakes-ascot

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Whip Hand

Posted on October 21, 2012 by twitmericks

The loss of the Tory Chief Whip/

Shows Cameron losing his grip/

Caught up in a web/

By that little word pleb/

Ever since Andrew Mitchell let rip.

///http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-20019761

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The Great Train Snobbery

Posted on October 19, 2012 by twitmericks

There once was an MP for Tatton/

Who paid standard fare & then sat on/

A seat up in 1st/

With Mitchell’s outburst/

It forms a familiar pattern.

///http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-20008342

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Google in Doo-doo

Posted on October 19, 2012 by twitmericks

Google the king of the search/

Appears less secure on its perch/

Some fool jumped the gun/

With figures unspun/

& shares took a sickening lurch.

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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2219751/Google-shares-suspended-20-drop-profits-accidentally-revealed-early.html

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No Room at the Inn

Posted on October 18, 2012 by twitmericks

A B&B owner in Cookham/

Won’t let rooms to gay men who book ’em/

She says God can’t bear/

A single-sex pair/

But a court said she oughta’ve took ’em.

///http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/oct/18/christian-gay-couple-ordered-pay-damages?newsfeed=true

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None so blind…

Posted on October 18, 2012 by twitmericks

A blind man in Chorley was floored/

When police took his stick for a sword/

The moral I find/

Is noone’s so blind/

As a cop with a taser who’s bored.

///http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2012/oct/17/police-taser-blind-man-stick?newsfeed=true

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Coffee Chain in Hot Water

Posted on October 17, 2012 by twitmericks

There was a hot beverage chain/

That thought it OK to abstain/

From payment of tax/

So profits could wax/

While other firms shouldered the pain.

///http://uk.reuters.com/article/2012/10/17/uk-britain-starbucks-tax-uk-idUKBRE89G0DC20121017

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Award for the Mantel-piece

Posted on October 17, 2012 by twitmericks

The 2012 Booker for fiction/

Went once more to Mantel’s depiction/

Of the scheming enforcer/

Behind the divorcer/

In Henry VIII’s jurisdiction.

///http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/hilary-mantel-wins-man-booker-1382926

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