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Political Poetry

They went to war in a sieve, they did….

August 18, 2010

They went to war in a Sieve, they did, In a Sieve they went to war: In spite of all Hans Blix could say, At Bush’s command on that fateful day In a Sieve they went to war! But when no weapons were found in the place And every one cried, “You have no case” [...]

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Jerusalem! Halleujah!

August 1, 2010

Three former Labour MPs and an ex-Tory peer facing expenses fraud allegations have lost appeals over a ruling that they are not protected by parliamentary privilege from prosecution. Elliott Morley, David Chaytor, Jim Devine and Lord Hanningfield had argued at the Court of Appeal that only Parliament could hear their case. And did these men [...]

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bumpety-bumpety-bump-true-story.

July 3, 2010

With apologies to the incomparable Flanders and Swann Another example of a Council’s left hand not knowing what the right is doing. I’ve availed myself of poetic licence to telescope the timescale, but this has all been happening recently in a street near me… ‘Twas on a Monday morning that the sorry tale began; The [...]

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The Fixer-in-Chief in the Attorney’s Wig…

July 1, 2010

“Tony Blair was warned … that an invasion of Iraq would be illegal the day before he privately assured President George Bush he would support US-led military action, documents released by the Chilcot inquiry reveal… Lord Goldsmith, then the attorney general, repeatedly warned the prime minister of the potential consequences of invading Iraq without fresh [...]

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With apologies to Kylie Minogue

May 31, 2010

La la la la la la la la La la la la la la la la La la la la la la la la La la la la la la la la I just can’t get you out of my past Boy your cockups are all they think about I just can’t get you out [...]

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Bureaucratic Pecking Order

May 30, 2010

Those who can peck, peck. Those who can’t peck, teach pecking. Those who can’t teach pecking, administer the teaching of pecking. Those who can’t administer the teaching of pecking, regulate the administration of the teaching of pecking. Those who can’t regulate the administration of the teaching of pecking, advocate at the bar, for or against [...]

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Trading in Brown Futures……

May 25, 2010

At Party Conference in September Gordon Brown his fate confronts He must contain his throbbing … brain While he recalls some famous … foes He thinks of Blair, who wooed the bankers Of Kinnock and his way with words Of Foot and Benn and such great men From whom poured forth such steaming prose The [...]

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