Amid Brexit turmoil, UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s aide Dominic Cumming (above) has said he will leave Downing Street before Christmas
In Downing Street several factions
Now openly stage hostile actions
As Brexit draws near
And Covid’s still here
Can Britain afford these distractions?
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Druids Jan and Karen Tetteroo (left) with farmer Donal Bohane and the ancient stone
A stone circle in Skibbereen
Is potentially now a crime scene
As a stone came unstuck
And may have brought bad luck
But now stands tall as it’s always been
Pic: Southern Star
The statue in Palencia, Spain – once the smiling face of a woman – has been replaced with a crude countenance some have likened to Donal Trump
For some reason people in Spain
Are convinced that there’s no need to train
If you’re planning to start
To restore works of art
So this happens again and again
Pic: Twitter
The hihi, or stitchbird has been hailed by the Adult Toy Megastore as a “polyamorous, sexually fluid bird with big testicles”
The hihi, a New Zealand bird
Has, as I’m sure you have heard
Balls of such great size
That it may win a prize
In a contest that’s grown quite absurd
Pic: Stuff.co.nz
US President Donald Trump returns to the White House after news media declared Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden to be the winner of the 2020 presidential election
This weekend we had a nice treat
We got to watch Donald’s defeat
But though the game’s lost
He will, at great cost
Be mounting a fighting retreat
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US President Donald Trump will contest the 2024 election should he lose this year, his former White House Chief of Staff has revealed
What do you think that you’ll do
When at long last you’re age eighty two?
Well the President’s men
Think that he’ll run again
And everything they say is true
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North Korea’s Supreme People’s Assembly has introduced smoking bans in some public places
All smokers I’m sure will agree
This news ain’t what they want to see
The spread of the fad
That says cigs are bad
North Korea is no longer free
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Wombats use their backside for burrowing, mating and skull-crushing
One thing that you should learn to fear
Is the wombat and its rock hard rear
With the four boney plates
That they use to woo mates
And crush any foe that comes near
Pic: Dick King-Smith
The International Space Station this week celebrates 20 years of taking on board its first guests
Do you honestly think you could face
Spending six months up in space
As the astronauts tell
Of a horrible smell
And dirt floating all over the place
Pic: NASA
Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment Leo Varadkar
The Tánaiste’s facing a week
Of questions concerning the leak
Of a medical deal
And many now feel
That Leo’s now stuck up the creek
Earlier: ‘I Can’t Answer That For You’
