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Wednesday, June 30, 2004

Henman knocked out of Wimbledon quarter-final in straight sets 
Not Timmy's year? Yet again!
But it ain't a question of when;
Rather, ask whether
The twazzer'll ever
Play like a man not a hen.

RMT Tube workers strike over pay 
The Underground men are on strike,
Demanding a bigger pay hike;
But Londoners say,
"You get 38K,
So (like us today) on yer bike!"

Tuesday, June 29, 2004

Labour membership hits historical low 
No one alive still remembers
When Labour last had so few members;
But who could be fond
Of a party that's bombed
Its principles into mere embers?

Monday, June 28, 2004

Allies bring forward hand-over of power in Iraq 
The US has handed back power
A full two days 'fore the said hour,
To scupper Al Qaeda's
Suicide raiders...
Well, maybe at least just for now.

Sunday, June 27, 2004

Terrorists take US Marine hostage in Iraq 
Terrorists seeking to spread
Their dastardly doctrine of dread
Have snatched a Marine,
Trained to stay serene...
Though soon he'll be losing his head.

Saturday, June 26, 2004

Banned Irish TV pics catch Bush at window in underwear 
Dubya put in a few calls
To stop shots of him in his smalls,
But this blanket ban
Might not go to plan...
They'll soon be online and on walls.

Friday, June 25, 2004

Examiners 'will prosecute' A-level cheats following theft of papers 
Examining board Edexcel
Says cheats'll be paying all hell,
But a high-grade surprise
Might just mean one's revised,
So, really, how can they tell?

Thursday, June 24, 2004

Portugal pip England on penalties after ref disallows Campbell goal 
England's been buggered again,
And, yes, we played badly, but then,
There's little doubt Sol
Scored a sure winning goal...
What farce! We were fighting twelve men!

Wednesday, June 23, 2004

Naturally caffeine-free coffee found in Africa 
A very rare wild coffee bean
Was found to contain no caffeine,
But p'r'aps it's so scarce
'Cos nobody cares
For cuppas that can't keep 'em keen.

Tuesday, June 22, 2004

Sweden-Denmark draw knocks Italy out of Euro 2004 
Sweden and Denmark two-all
Sealed an Italian fall;
Now Rome's set on spiking
The head of a Viking...
How long 'til the Mob heeds their call?

Iran to prosecute British sailors for 'spying' incursion 
Iranian intelligence caught us
In hot territorial waters,
But our boys remark
They were bound for Iraq...
Let's hope now they're not bound for slaughter.

Monday, June 21, 2004

First private manned space flight blasts off 
The privately-manned SpaceShipOne
Burns laughing-gas fuel to run;
Should cockpit seals cock up
The pilot could crack up
In fits and fly too near the sun.

Saturday, June 19, 2004

EU ratifies constitution 
The brand new EU constitution
Contains every state's contribution,
But since none will budge
We're left with a fudge
And the same stuffy old institution.

Friday, June 18, 2004

Kidnapped engineer beheaded by Saudi terrorists  
A Yank out in Saudi, Paul Johnson,
Had an Al Qaeda-cam swan song...
He'd stayed out there longer
Because of the wonga
And now he's off home with no bonce on.

Thursday, June 17, 2004

Zookeepers reveal sex films helped panda get pregnant 
On sex, pandas used to pour scorn,
'Til we showed 'em some soft panda porn;
But soon they'll get jaded
And demand degraded
Panda sluts suck muntjac horn.

Rooney inspires 3-0 England win against the Swiss 
England's eighteen-year-old Rooney
Left the pitch over the mooney;
We're cheering today
But the next team we play
Won't scoff Gruyère all afternooney.

Wednesday, June 16, 2004

Judge 'lenient on paedophiles' pleads guilty to online child porn charges 
When sentencing sickos Judge Selwood
Said, "I think a short prison spell should
More than suffice...
Just note down the sites
You visit most nights - they sound well good!"

Tuesday, June 15, 2004

Blair defiant on policy following poll drubbing 
Tony Blair says he's not deaf
To voters' Iraq/EU pref,
But adds he'll still fight
For what he thinks right...
(He might not have that much time left!)

Monday, June 14, 2004

Four Royal Fusiliers face prisoner abuse rap 
Charges against Fusiliers
If proved will confirm all our fears:
Some "fine British troops"
Are fond of abuse
(Though I dare say not so fond of Piers).

Kilroy-Silk wins Euro seat as UKIP triumphs at polls 
Kilroy's rejoicing that he's
One of twelve UKIP Euro MPs...
But will he bash Brussels
And flex British muscles?
"No way - I won't work overseas!"


Sunday, June 13, 2004

Zidane snatches victory from England in dying minutes of Euro 2004 opener 
England looked all set to win
1-0 in the 89th min,
'Til a free kick to France
Then a penalty chance...
C'est la vie? Non, c'est lui: Zinedine.

Saturday, June 12, 2004

Euro 2004 kicks off 
Euro 2004
Means we can shout and get sore
At the Germans and French
Without the whole wrench
Of fighting another World War.

Friday, June 11, 2004

Livingstone beats Norris in close contest for London mayoralty 
With wannabe mayors ten-a-penny,
London deemed worthy not many,
But Steve's dream's postponed
'Cos, fat or big-boned,
The bastard just couldn't kill Kenny.

Labour punished in local polls 
Blair's looking battered and bruised;
Surely he knew if he schmoozed
With a warmong'ring White House
Supporters just might grouse
(Though Brown's never been so amused.)

Thursday, June 10, 2004

British voters head for "Super Thursday" polls 
They're calling today Super Thursday
Since voters are all having thur say
On who's gonna clear up
(Their bins and in Europe)
And whether they back Tony Blur's way.

Chirac snubs Bush's request for NATO troops in Iraq  
French Président Jacques Chirac
Refused absolument to back
The Bush Iraq statement
On NATO troop placement...
Still sore at that "old Europe" crack?

Wednesday, June 09, 2004

Police plan global chatroom patrol to curb grooming 
An attempt to stem Internet grooming
With one or two officers looming
In chatrooms online
Is doomed by design...
But it might stop the Mail readers fuming.

Election campaigning marred by allegations of fraud 
The press and the police are both digging
Into attempts at poll-rigging;
It seems postal ballots
Tap tamperers talents,
And might let the wrong smarmy pig in.

Health Secretary John Reid calls smoking 'the only working class pleasure' 
The Health Sec says having a smoke's
The only fun left for poor folks;
Seems he forgot
Sex, sport, telly, pot,
Gambling, beer and rude jokes.

Tuesday, June 08, 2004

First 'transit of Venus' for 122 years 
Today they said we could see Venus
(With special sunglasses to screen us),
But all I could spot
Was a tiny black dot
Like a flea on the head of a penis.

Monday, June 07, 2004

Saudi drive-by shooting kills BBC cameraman, seriously injures reporter 
In Saudi a BBC crew's
By terrorists been most abused;
But Cameraman Dead's
Not the story they meant
When they said they'd be making the news.

Sunday, June 06, 2004

Chirac late for D-Day commemoration ceremony 
President Chirac was late
For a v. important D-Day date,
But had he been early
We'd still think him surly
And rude - it's a national trait.

Saturday, June 05, 2004

Former President Ronald Reagan dies at 93 
They're covering Reagan's demise
As if he'd been bright, bold and wise...
But I see it so, though:
It's bedtime for Bozo,
Whose brain long ago fossilised.

Friday, June 04, 2004

Pope criticises war on Iraq during Bush Vatican visit 
Bush thought a brush with the Pope
Would capture the Catholic vote,
But that was before
John Paul said his war
Was surely the work of a dope.

Thursday, June 03, 2004

CIA chief George Tenet quits 
Spy boss "resigns to spend time
With his family." Not that old line!
This twat said Iraq
Had a mass-weapon stack...
'Bout as evident as his own spine!

And on the same, just one more rhyme
(Sorry - rich oilfield to mine)...

The tenets of Tenet, it's true,
Let terror successes accrue;
Now he's taking the flak
For a facked-up Iraq:
"That's the pact when you're George No.2."

Wednesday, June 02, 2004

Howard says Tories "may back" fuel protests 
Howard is stoking the fire
Of fuel protesters' great ire,
But if he donates
All the oil from his face
Then the price needn't rise any higher!

Tuesday, June 01, 2004

Ministers miss mail deadline for delivery of postal ballots 
Blair bragged he'd bring out the votes
By bringing us ballots by post,
But mail's all a-dither
And he can't deliver
On what was a second-class boast.

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