There was an old court in DC/
That decreed “let Obamacare be”/
Making access to health/
Less dependent on wealth/
Tho still a way off being free.
///http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/jun/28/supreme-court-upholds-obama-healthcare-reforms
There is an old clock named Big Ben/
That used to ring in News at 10/
It chimes every hour/
Up high in a tower/
Which gets a new name now & then.
///
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-18592966
NB As you all know, Big Ben is the name of the clock, not the tower!
There once was a fella whose tweet/
Fell foul of the boys with flat feet/
Fined for a joke/
The Doncaster bloke/
May wish he had just hit delete.
//// http://www.guardian.co.uk/law/2012/feb/08/judgment-reserved-twitter-threat-appeal
There was an old man in Belfast/
Whose pals were behind the odd blast/
But he and Liz shook/
So we’ll now overlook/
McGuinness’s IRA past.
///
This one was read out at the end of the World at One – 44.30 minutes in: http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/player/b01k1n24
There once was an Arabic Spring/
Which most people thought a good thing/
Now MI5’s leader/
Says more Al Qaeda/
Is one of the things it’ll bring.
/// http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2012/jun/25/mi5-uk-terrorism-threat-warning?newsfeed=true
There was a Galapagos tortoise/
Who sired no sons & no daughters/
The last of his kind/
Old Lonesome George pined/
He’s stiff now but that’s rigor mortis.
England got beaten by Italy/
& tho it was not done so prettily/
The better side won/
So an inquest’s begun/
Into why we do spotkicks so shittily.
There is an old fellow named Mursi/
Who after a long contro-versy/
Has won an election/
& yet on reflection/
Perhaps he won’t hold power per se.
