Author Archives: John Moynes

Chris Messina, creator of Twitter’s most ubiquitous feature – the hashtag

The hashtag is now ten years old
So it’s time for its tale to be be told
The boffin called Chris
Who came up with #this
Didn’t do it to earn lots of gold.

John Moynes

Pic: Crew

Conor McGregor (left) and Floyd Mayweather

Some reckon McGregor’s next fight
Will be this year’s unique sporting sight
But the pubs down in Oz
Won’t show it because
Drunken Irish may ruin the night.

John Moynes

Pics: PA

London’s ‘Big Ben’ under repair

Big Ben will have a quiet spell
Until London once more hears its knell
So MP Steve Pound
Has said “Gather round
And honour the end of a bell.”

John Moynes

Pic: Getty

A shared space junction in Coventry, England

Let’s consider, just briefly, the sight
Of a crossroads without a red light
Would harmony reign?
Or must I explain
This is Ireland? It would turn to shite.

John Moynes

Pic: CBD

UK prime Minister Theresa May says Britain will fight the EU for a soft border for Northern Ireland

Let the people of Ireland all say
“Three cheers for Prime Minister May!”
And after you clap
Start doffing your cap
For this heroine will save our day.

John Moynes

Pics: Express

US President Donald Trump at a press briefing yesterday

At long last the judgement day’s come
We’re far past “Is Donald Trump dumb?”
It’s clear from the facts
From his words, from his acts
The president’s evil. He’s scum.

John Moynes

Pic: Fox

White House chief strategist Steve Bannon

That haggard old fascist called Steve
Is unlikely to get a reprieve
It’s clear from his face
That he’s fallen from grace
Even Murdoch now thinks he should leave.

John Moynes

Pic: Reuters

A London Routemaster bus operated by transport firm Go-Ahead

As you stand at a bus stop and wait
The delay can make you quite irate
So the NTA said
They’ll give the go ahead
To let Brits get the blame when they’re late.

John Moynes

Pic: W Swain

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