Tory’s Tax Bombshell

Posted on April 10, 2012 by twitmericks

Chancellor Osborne was shocked/

His world fundamentally rocked/

That the system is lax/

So the rich evade tax/

Remarks to be ruthlessly mocked.

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http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/economics-blog/2012/apr/10/george-osborne-regret-tax-shock-casablanca

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By Hook or by Crook

Posted on April 10, 2012 by twitmericks

A one-eyed old man with a hook/

And somewhat piratical look/

Must face deportation/

And incarceration/

They got him by hook or by crook.

 

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http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/04/10/us-britain-usa-extradition-idUSBRE8390UK20120410

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Rendition Hits Bum Note

Posted on April 9, 2012 by twitmericks

Libyan Abdel Belhaj/

Was lifted and held without charge/

Then illegally rendered/

The damage engendered/

May turn out to be fairly large.

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Towering Ambition

Posted on April 9, 2012 by twitmericks

The people who entered the Shard/ 

Discreetly evading the guard/ 

And went to the top/

For a quick photo-op/

Maybe next time should scale the facade.

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http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/trespassers-reach-summit-of-shard-7627794.html

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Annan, A Man with a Plan

Posted on April 8, 2012 by twitmericks

 

Peace envoy Kofi Annan/Had what he believed was a plan/But he may have been had/By Bashar Assad/Who’s rather a devious man. 

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Water Silly Boy

Posted on April 8, 2012 by twitmericks

 

A bearded young swimmer, an Ozzie/Leapt into the Thames in a cozzie/The race was suspended/The man apprehended/He wasn’t so sensible, was he

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Malawi Malady

Posted on April 7, 2012 by twitmericks

 

There is an old man in Blantyre/Whose condition’s reportedly dire/Some say the President/Is now a decedent/But can’t be allowed to expire.

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Bout Camp

Posted on April 6, 2012 by twitmericks

 

An arms dealer named Viktor Boot/Is causing a bit of dispute/There’ll be repercussions/Say furious Russians/For America jailing the brute.

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Dimitris Christoulas R.I.P.

Posted on April 5, 2012 by twitmericks

There was an old fellow in Greece/
Of whom the world mourns the decease/
Now for posterity/
Killed by austerity/
Rest, poor Dimitris, in peace.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-17627838

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Pretty Vacant

Posted on April 5, 2012 by twitmericks

There once was a maiden so fair/

A beauty defying compare/

But pals gave her stick/

Until gorgeous Ms Brick/

Revealed to the Mail her despair.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/internet/9188229/Samantha-Brick-ten-out-of-ten-men-fancy-me.html

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