Hughes sues Screws

Posted on August 12, 2011 by twitmericks

Lib Dem MP Simon Hughes/Is suing the News of the Screws/In law Glenn Mulcaire/Is required to share/Names with Hughes and whoever else sues.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/aug/11/simon-hughes-news-of-the-world

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Orde restored order

Posted on August 12, 2011 by twitmericks

According to ACPO’s Hugh Orde/It was coppers got order restored/And not disquisitions/By smug politicians/Whose speeches his people ignored.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-14501236

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Dave raves

Posted on August 11, 2011 by twitmericks

Addressing MPs, Mr Dave/Was quick to condemn the crime wave/He was even speedier/To blame social media/Which apparently tends to deprave.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/aug/11/david-cameron-rioters-social-media

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The Mouth of Louth

Posted on August 11, 2011 by twitmericks

Sir Peter Hannay Bailey Tapsell/Conservative in a time capsule/Is out to use #Wembley/For rioters’ assembly/I say it’d make for a crap cell.

http://www.louthleader.co.uk/news/local/sir_peter_tapsell_talks_about_the_riots_in_parliament_1_2955705

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Hugger mugger

Posted on August 10, 2011 by twitmericks

Student Ashraf from Malaysia/Was mugged in a way to amaze yer/Affecting to aid him/They cruelly betrayed him/Now he’s a celeb, even crazier.

http://www.channel4.com/news/online-campaign-for-riot-victim-ashraf-haziq

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Insect in sect

Posted on August 10, 2011 by twitmericks

Warren Jeffs’s polygamist sect/Is hopefully totally wrecked/35 years inside/For assaulting his ‘bride’/She was 12 – now what did he expect?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-14468085

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Riots spread

Posted on August 10, 2011 by twitmericks

In London things got a bit quiet/Up north they continued to riot/As Cameron struts/Some are blaming his cuts/With others refusing to buy it.

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Boris Up the Junction (apologies to Squeeze)

Posted on August 9, 2011 by twitmericks

Bojo never thought it’d happen/With him & the folks from Clapham/On a miniature tour/They gave him what for/& looked a bit tempted to slap ‘im.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/video/2011/aug/09/boris-johnson-heckled-riot-clapham-junction-video

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Stealing in Ealing

Posted on August 9, 2011 by twitmericks

Lewisham, Hackney & Tooting/All suffered outbreaks of looting/Others were stealing/In Enfield & Ealing/As a Croydon man died in a shooting.

http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/uk/shot-man-dies-after-london-riot-16034399.html

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Candid Cameron

Posted on August 9, 2011 by twitmericks

Thousands more cops on the street/As Cameron turns up the heat/He says he’s appalled/MPs are recalled/But is that how all this can be beat?

http://www.politics.co.uk/comment-analysis/2011/08/09/cameron-riot-statement-in-full

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