The UK election for mayors/
Is a curious state of affairs/
With odd little stories/
Where Lib Dems & Tories/
Get beaten by penguins & bears.
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Disclaimer: I can find no reference to the polar bear meant to have beaten the Tory in Liverpool. I hope it’s true, but it may be twitter-bollocks. Links welcome. Here’s the Edinburgh penguin though. http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2012/may/04/penguin-more-votes-lib-dems?newsfeed=true
The battle of Boris & Ken/
Drags on as of 20 past 10/
It’s too close to call/
It’ll go to the wall/
For chrissake if not now then when?
The 2012 local election/
Swung left, towards Labour’s direction/
For Lib Dem and Tory/
Things got a bit gory/
As voters expressed disaffection.
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2012/may/04/david-cameron-apologises-local-election?newsfeed=true
There is an old man with a scream/
Who resembles a very bad dream/
He’s one of a bunch/
All created by Munch/
And is worth a few quid, it would seem.
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There is an old fellow named Newt/
Who’s ended the futile pursuit/
Of his nomination/
For world domination/
His judgment, for once, is astute.
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In the case of an MI6 spy/
A coroner can’t explain why/
He was found in a holdall/
For spooks haven’t told all/
About how the man came to die.
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2012/may/02/gareth-williams-coroner-never-solved
In the case of an MI6 spy/
A coroner can’t explain why/
He was found in a holdall/
For spooks haven’t told all/
About how the man came to die.
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2012/may/02/gareth-williams-coroner-never-solved
Two Welshmen in Brisbane to work/
Were arrested for acting the jerk/
After excess libations/
They swam with cetaceans/
Then kidnapped a penguin named Dirk.
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There was an old man from Australia/
Who tried on MPs, inter alia/
Amnesia, humility/
Disdain and senility/
But in the end it was a failure.
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Another from the archives, this first appeared when Murdoch was up before the culture select committee last year, but seems to fit with their conclusions.
The violent death of Osama/
Was ordered by Barack Obama/
But some say the leader/
Behind al Qaeda/
Had his dogma knocked down by his karma.
// Note: this limerick originally appeared on twitter in May 2011 – one of the first. But I thought it was worth wheeling out again for the anniversary, as you do.
