Botsched Putsch

Posted on April 1, 2012 by twitmericks

A Malian named Amadou

Was the head of a military coup

But he isn’t that great

At commanding a state

And has managed to lose Timbuktu.

 

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/04/01/us-mali-statement-idUSBRE83006P20120401

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Aung San Suu Kyi, Burmese MP

Posted on April 1, 2012 by twitmericks

Peace laureate Aung San Suu Kyi

Was elected at last as MP

By voters in Burma

Perhaps longer-term a

Civilian leader-to-be.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-17577620

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Holy Potatoes

Posted on March 31, 2012 by twitmericks

One of our C of E vicars

Was hanging up drapes with no knickers

He fell with a thud

And a very big spud

Got stuck where the sun never flickers.

http://www.metro.co.uk/weird/382493-vicar-hospitalised-with-potato-up-his-bum#ixzz1qPchWPkS

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His Name is Maude

Posted on March 31, 2012 by twitmericks

There was a Conservative man

For whom things did not go to plan

His panicky talk

Caused a fire in York

So Maude should now carry the can.

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ukpress/article/ALeqM5hMqs1LUcNn6q9h-ThgbHM8588m5Q?docId=N0032151333145807822A

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Clearing the Air(head)

Posted on March 30, 2012 by twitmericks

A TV celeb known as Donna
Had permit fraud charges served on ‘er
Her lawyer said Air
Had zero up there
& she left, not a stain on her honour.

http://news.sky.com/home/showbiz-news/article/16199299

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The Pasty’s A Foreign Country

Posted on March 29, 2012 by twitmericks

There is a PM known as Dave

Who swears Cornish pies are his fave

But Labourites castigate

Tories on pastygate

Knowing it’s donors they crave.

http://www.economist.com/blogs/bagehot/2012/03/david-cameron-and-class?fsrc=gn_ep

 

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Fuelling Panic

Posted on March 29, 2012 by twitmericks

Ministers seem to be trying

To organise mass panic-buying

That’s not as a rule

Encouraged with fuel

So it’s something they’re busy denying.

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/fd5d9fe6-79ad-11e1-8fad-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/world_uk_politics/feed//product#axzz1qXVhloFI

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Cops Concur Dave Cam Wancur

Posted on March 29, 2012 by twitmericks

There was an old fellow of Bow

Who put a rude poster on show

The cops came along

But now say they were wrong

Calling Cameron wanker is go!

http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2012/mar/28/patrick-kingsley-diary-george-osborne-pasty?newsfeed=true


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Spin Doctor Spin Thyself

Posted on March 29, 2012 by twitmericks

The Met Police spinner-in-chief

Is getting a fair bit of grief

He was given the sack

For employing a hack

And may now be in need of a brief.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2012/mar/29/dick-fedorcio-resigns-metropolitan-police

[Corrections and Clarifications]:

O followers do bear in mind

Dick Fedorcio, I think you will find

Was not, as such, sacked

But rather, in fact,

Under internal pressure, resigned 

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Getting Pasty Joke

Posted on March 29, 2012 by twitmericks

There was an old pasty from Leeds

Or not, as the PM concedes

Tho some like it hot

Mr Cameron does not

And it isn’t in Greggs that he feeds.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/how-the-humble-cornish-pasty-became-a-political-hot-potato-7595080.html

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