Author Archives: John Moynes

A movement to get rid of the famous Osborne bulls that dot the Spanish landscape has begun with the the help of 15 litres of blue paint

This may seem bizarre, but it’s true
A Galician bull has turned blue
Some say that it’s part
Of some work of art
But it seems like an odd thing to do

John Moynes

Brad Raffensperger has held off a challenge from his Trump-backed opponent in Georgia’s Republican secretary of state primary

An election official named Brad
Who drove Donald Trump yet more mad
Was facing defeat
But held onto his seat
Which is bound to make MAGA types sad

John Moynes

Getty

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson raising a glass at a party during lockdown which he previously denied had taken place

In lockdown the Tories would choose
To party and drinks lots of booze
Gin, vodka, and wine
So they should resign
But so far the rotters refuse

John Moynes

ITV

Minister for the Environment Eamon Ryan (above) has ruled out nuclear power as an option in the transition from fossil fuel

Now Eamon has made an emission
That as Ireland makes its transition
Toward cleaner fuel
We won’t, as a rule
Be arranging any nuclear fission

John Moynes

RollingNews


Vladimir Putin “had to keep explaining things” to Donald Trump when Trump was US president, a former White House aide has claimed

When Vladimir met up with Don
It seems that they didn’t get on
He had to explain
Things again and again
Until all of his patience was gone

John Moynes

Getty

A New York court is set to decide whether Happy the elephant (above) should be granted legal rights as a person

Some judges must choose what to do
With an elephant in the Bronx Zoo
There’s chance that they might
Feel it has the same right
As they would give to me or to you

John Moynes

Reuters

Inmates opened a gourmet pop-up restaurant at Cork Prison yesterday for invited guests

Life’s difficult for those who are
Confined behind many a bar
But now they can look
At fresh ways to cook
And dream of a Michelin star

John Moynes

IT workers from North Korea are trying to get remote working jobs by hiding their true identities for the purpose of stealing money for Pyongyang, it is claimed

If you need an I.T. hired gun
And you think that you’ve found the right one
Then the FBI
Might call them a spy
Who’ll hand your cash to Kim Jong-un

John Moynes

Getty

A statue to Margaret Thatcher in her home town was egged within hours of it being installed

In Grantham there is a statue
And people who know what to do
So quickly some folk
Lobbed shells full of yolk
At Thatcher. Do tell, was it you?

John Moynes

RSM

Scientists have grown plants in soil from the moon collected by Nasa’s Apollo astronauts, it is claimed

Some boffins took soil from the moon
Planted some thale cress and soon
It started to grow
Quite weak and quite slow
Which strikes me as inopportune

John Moynes

AP