Bo to Go

Posted on September 28, 2012 by twitmericks

A top politician named Bo/

Rose high but has now fallen low/

On the spurious ground/

He was screwing around/

The party says Bo’s got to go.

///http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-19755035

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Terry’s All Racist

Posted on September 27, 2012 by twitmericks

There was a defender named John/

Who abused an opponent, Anton/

The FA found Terry/

Was racist and sweary/

And fined him – a week’s wages gone.

////http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/news-and-comment/john-terry-banned-for-four-matches-and-fined-220000-after-fa-find-chelsea-captain-guilty-over-racism-charge-8181827.html

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Rest in Police, Herbert

Posted on September 27, 2012 by twitmericks

So, farewell then, Herbert Lom/

You played a French cop with aplomb/

We all loved you so/

As you went for Clouseau/

With another inadequate bomb.

////http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-19743817

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Get Carta?

Posted on September 27, 2012 by twitmericks

A man of the top social strata/

Who couldn’t translate Magna Carta/

May fear speaking Latin/

On TV when chattin’/

Would make him persona non grata.

///http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2012/sep/27/david-cameron-letterman-late-show?intcmp=239

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Brighton Crock

Posted on September 26, 2012 by twitmericks

Nicholas Clegg went to Brighton/

Without a clear platform to fight on/

The senior Lib Dem/

Said back the PM/

Altho our poll rating’s a shite ‘un.

///http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2012/sep/26/nick-clegg-lib-dem-troops

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Good Try, Mr Mackenzie

Posted on September 26, 2012 by twitmericks

Mackenzie, ex-boss of the Sun/

Refuses to face what he’s done/

He blames the Old Bill/

Cos he gets some ill will/

For a headline he opted to run.

//// http://blogs.channel4.com/alex-thomsons-view/kelvin-mackenzie-demands-hillsborough-apology-police/2757

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Foam Sweet Foam

Posted on September 26, 2012 by twitmericks

A clubber from east Aberdeen/

Said “What can this possibly mean?/

My Grampian home/

Is all covered in foam/

Till it looks like a Magaluf scene!”

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-19716141

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Off With His Hook!

Posted on September 25, 2012 by twitmericks

There was an old Queen who protested:/

“Why wasn’t Old Hooky arrested?/

If I were in power/

He’d be in the Tower/

I’d do what the other Queen Bess did!”

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-19709599

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Mitchell and Pleb

Posted on September 24, 2012 by twitmericks

A Tory who swore at a copper/

Is sorry for acting improper/

MP Andrew Mitchell/

Hopes that’s an act which’ll/

Prevent him from coming a cropper.

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Grant Shapps – He’s really Two Chaps

Posted on September 23, 2012 by twitmericks

There once were a couple of chaps/

But apparently both were Grant Shapps/

The Tory MP/

Had another ID/

He attempted to keep under wraps.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2012/sep/21/grant-shapps-posed-web-guru?newsfeed=true

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