Clerihews on people and events currently in the news. Only Andrea Leadsom was published in the NS.

 

Nicola Sturgeon

Is constantly urgin’

Scots

To beware of London-based Anglocentric plots.

 

Michael Gove

Drove

His supporters to frenzy by demanding that we withdrew

…. Then disappeared from view.

 

Owen Smith

Is a bit of a myth;

One day totally obscure

- The next, he’s Labour’s wonder cure.

 

Theresa May

Isn’t black or gay;

But her femininity

Proves irrefutably the Tory party’s commitment to diversity.

 

Johnson (Boris)

Has been congratulated for his

Elevation to the post of Foreign Secretary

By virtually nobody.

 

Donald Trump

Is a lump

Of useless, worthless, racist shit

…. And that’s it.

 

Andrea Leadsom

May have bred some

Truly delightful children, but people don’t seem to think that breeders

Make better leaders.

 

George Osborne

Might as well never have been born;

Once he was tipped to rise and rise

-  Now he’s gone; what a surprise!

 

Tony Blair

Made appearances that were increasingly rare,

Once Chilcot had spilt

The beans about his guilt.

 

Iain McNicol

Thinks just a trickle

Of new members into the Labour Party would be good,

But not a flood.