Manufacturers of phones, tablets and laptops will face legal obligations to make their products easier to repair and reuse under new EU regulations
Tech companies don’t really care
That your laptop is beyond repair
They all know the score
You’ll just have to buy more
But Europe now says that’s not fair
John Moynes
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A third of people in the UK believe Britain’s colonies were better off for being part of an empire
A survey was held to inquire
What people now think of empire
In our neighbouring state
One third think it’s great
That it’s something we all should admire
John Moynes
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Led Zeppelin have won a long-running court case accusing them of stealing their song Stairway to Heaven.
Stairway’s royalties glisten like gold
So at the band’s team have been told
The courtroom is sure
Their intentions were pure
And nothing that they did was bold
John Moynes
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Traders on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange
When the chaps at the stock markets hear
That the whole world is gripped by the fear
They panic like hell
And all try to sell
And billions can soon disappear
John Moynes
Reuters
Meanwhile…
European oil stocks tumble the most on record, dragged down by heavyweights including Royal Dutch Shell, BP and Total https://t.co/iZbVZvzePK
— Bloomberg (@business) March 9, 2020
US Democrat Presidential hopeful Elizabeth Warren has abandoned her bid for The White House
It’s that bit in the primaries when
A candidate drops out again
But the thing about Liz
And her absence is
We’re getting four more years of men
John Moynes
AP
Hong Kong pets face quarantine after a dog tested positive for the coronavirus
The virus that’s going around
Was recently, by doctors, found
On a family pet
So maybe don’t get
Too close to a big friendly hound
John Moynes
AFP
Shelves for toilet rolls at a store in Sydney, Australia followingpanic buying over the coronavirus outbreak.
Some Aussies don’t know what to do
When they’re finished their job on the loo
For when rumours fly
Other folk panic buy
So much bog roll there’s none left for you
John Moynes
Pic” Twitter
Universities do not exist ‘to produce students who are useful’, President Michael D Higgins says
A system of good education
Is a must for a strong healthy nation
It’s not there just to feed
Some industry’s greed
That would not be Mick D’s aspiration
John Moynes
South Bend, Indiana Mayor Pete Buttigieg has suspended his campaign to become the 2020 US Democrat Presidential candidate
That plucky young upstart Mayor Pete
Has decided to sound the retreat
He took a brave stand
That was centrist and bland
So it’s not a surprise he got beat
John Moynes
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A report into the mandatory use of iPads in a County Meath school has found that students are frequently distracted by the devices
The new educational fad
Of giving each child an iPad
Can lead to distraction
And thus the reaction
From boffins who say that it’s bad
John Moynes
Pic: Alamy
