Tag Archives: brussels

Where there’s muck…

Posted on August 11, 2019 by twitmericks

The man behind Johnson’s campaign/ Hates subsidies, this he makes plain,/ Yet Cummings has trousered/ A few hundred thousand/ From Brussels, despite his disdain./// The man behind Johnson's campaignHates subsidies, this he makes plain, Yet Cummings has trouseredA few hundred … Continue reading →

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Olly poor show

Posted on February 13, 2019 by twitmericks

A Brexit supremo named Olly/ Committed a terrible folly,/ Explaining that May/ Must go for delay,/ While drinking in public, the wally./// A Brexit supremo named OllyCommitted a terrible folly,Explaining that MayMust go for delay,While drinking in public, the wally.#Brexit … Continue reading →

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If At First You Don’t Secede…

Posted on October 31, 2017 by twitmericks

There once was a man from Girona/ A Catalan go-it-aloner/ Who ran off to Brussels/ When Spain flexed its muscles/ And made him a wanted persona./// http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-41819940 There once was a man from GironaA Catalan go-it-alonerWho ran off to BrusselsWhen … Continue reading →

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Brex Appeal

Posted on March 31, 2017 by twitmericks

The EU draft programme for Brexit/ Once every member state chexit/ Is do it in stages/ Don’t let it take ages/ And hope that no bugger rejexit./// http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-39453338 The EU draft programme for BrexitOnce every member state chexitIs do it … Continue reading →

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Brexit Stage Left

Posted on January 4, 2017 by twitmericks

A diplomat working on Brexit,/ Announcing his personal exit,/ Suggests Mrs May/ Should tell the UK/ Her plan for how Britain effects it./// http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-38503020 A diplomat working on Brexit,Announcing his personal exit,Suggests Mrs MayShould tell the UKHer plan for how … Continue reading →

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Benefits Acres

Posted on March 31, 2016 by twitmericks

A top Eurosceptic named Dacre/ The Daily Mail mover and shaker/ Is given a hand/ To care for his land/ By Brussels, which pays by the acre./// http://www.buzzfeed.com/jimwaterson/paul-dacre-langwell-estate#.ctkQYma3 A top Eurosceptic named DacreThe Daily Mail mover and shakerIs given a … Continue reading →

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For a Few Billion Euros Less

Posted on February 8, 2013 by twitmericks

The EU agreed at a summit/ The budget can fall, if not plummet/ A few billion less/ Looks good in the press/ But Eurocrats won’t have to slum it. ///http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-21386818 The EU agreed at a summit/The budget can fall, if … Continue reading →

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Prize Surprise

Posted on October 12, 2012 by twitmericks

The 2012 Nobel Peace Prize/ Has gone, amid general surprise/ To a body in Brussels/ That stops Euro-tussles/ Being wars in which everyone dies. /// http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/oct/12/european-union-nobel-peace-prize?intcmp=239

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Just Enough for the City

Posted on December 9, 2011 by twitmericks

The crunch EU summit in Brussels/Saw Cameron flexing his muscles/It’s rather a pity/It’s just for the City/The PM will fight in such tussles http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2011/dec/09/eurozone-countries-treaty-exclude-britain?intcmp=239

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Angela Wrangler

Posted on October 26, 2011 by twitmericks

Ahead of the summit in Brussels/Ms Merkel’s been flexing her muscles/With no deal yet/As to who pays the debt/Expect intra-Eurozone tussles. http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5ixi2ER77fmp4Va0T88CgaVsSNi4w?docId=b84f856ef0fb462480055c57f56c0b1f

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