Tag Archives: coalition

Disporting Chance

Posted on February 21, 2014 by twitmericks

The minister dealing with sport/ Has used her top role to exhort/ Our radiant women:/ Forget golf and swimming/ Cheerleading’s a feminine sport! ///http://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/womens-politics/10652074/Get-more-women-into-sport-through-cheerleading-its-feminine-says-sports-minister-Helen-Grant.html https://twitter.com/twitmericks/status/436892817060032514

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Bishops Bash Cameron

Posted on February 20, 2014 by twitmericks

Some senior folks in the church/ Conducted a bit of research/ And found cutting payments/ To benefit claimants/ Leaves people in need in the lurch. ///http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-26261700 Some senior folks in the churchConducted a bit of research& found cutting paymentsTo benefit … Continue reading →

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Floody Revenge

Posted on February 10, 2014 by twitmericks

The government cut flood defence/ To minimise public expense/ There then came a flood/ So somebody’s blood/ Is needed to make recompense./// http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/feb/09/floods-environment-agency-chris-smith-hits-back https://twitter.com/twitmericks/status/432851465388818432  

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Fightin’ Huyton

Posted on February 1, 2014 by twitmericks

Baroness Morgan of Huyton/ Has quit but is goin down fightin/ She says it was Gove/ Who gave her the shove/ To put someone more to the right in. ///http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-26001337 Baroness Morgan of HuytonHas quit but is goin down fightinShe … Continue reading →

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Lord Rennard of Feltham

Posted on January 20, 2014 by twitmericks

A Liberal Democrat Lord/ Is adding to party discord/ And causing Nick worry/ By not saying sorry/ To those he’s alleged to have pawed. ///http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2014/jan/20/lord-rennard-row-regret-but-no-apology-lib-dem https://twitter.com/twitmericks/status/425307655515566080 (NB apologies to those for whom lorrrrd does not rhyme with pawwwed. Here is … Continue reading →

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Honourable Member?

Posted on January 8, 2014 by twitmericks

When Boris said Dave treated Nick/ As a shield so the dirt didn’t stick,/ The word prophylactic/ Describing the tactic/ Implies the PM is a dick. ///http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/london-mayor-election/mayor-of-london/10555489/Nick-Clegg-is-David-Camerons-condom-Boris-Johnson-says.html https://twitter.com/twitmericks/status/420940543259324416

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Cameron in the Kent Countryside

Posted on December 28, 2013 by twitmericks

There was an old village in Kent/ To which David Cameron went/ To look at the flood/ But seeking his blood/ The people of Yalding gave vent./// http://www.telegraph.co.uk/topics/weather/10539504/David-Cameron-ambushed-on-flood-visit.html https://twitter.com/twitmericks/status/416887128555925504    

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Grieve Comes to Grief

Posted on November 24, 2013 by twitmericks

The minister Dominic Grieve/ Who yesterday seemed to believe/ Corruption was Asian/ Upon cogitation/ Now gives Pakistan a reprieve. ///http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-25072685 https://twitter.com/twitmericks/status/404383057119281152

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Cut the Crap

Posted on November 21, 2013 by twitmericks

Ed Miliband’s energy cap Got Cameron into a flap Now Dave wants to axe The fossil fuel tax Or in his own words ‘that green crap’. ///http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/david-cameron-to-axe-green-2815414 https://twitter.com/twitmericks/status/403572765023666176

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Unqualified Failure?

Posted on October 20, 2013 by twitmericks

Nick Clegg argues Tory free schools Require pedagogical rules: A college that features Unqualified teachers He thinks an invention of fools.   ///http://www.independent.co.uk/news/education/education-news/nick-clegg-denies-coalition-rift-over-free-schools-education-policy-8892566.html https://twitter.com/twitmericks/status/391989977543757824

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