Staggers: Clerihews Competition
Bazza and Bill on excellent form showing how this is done. I must say I thought some of the other winners were rather anodyne. My Ed Balls was much better. But it is unwise to wave one's rightist credentials in their faces, so it serves me right.
The new competition might be fun but difficult for non-UK persons. Tread softly, for you tread on my dreams comes (perhaps rather too insistently) to mind. And slouching rough beasts too. The NS Competition No 4140 Set by Leonora Casement We asked for clerihews about politicians, whether foreign or home-grown, who are active in politics today. This week's winners This comp produced the largest postbag so far this year. And how good you all were - except for those compers who forgot that clerihews have an AABB rhyming pattern. £25 to Basil Ransome-Davies, £15 to the doubletons and £10 each to the rest. The Tesco vouchers go, in addition, to Bazza. Vladimir Putin Enjoys putting the boot in, A habitual caprice Of the secret police. Vince Cable In popular fable Has been crowned King of the high moral ground. Nicholas Clegg May be quite a good egg, But will he come to regret Falling in with the Bullingdon set? Basil Ransome-Davies (3) It's more than a rumour That Jacob Zuma Is no slouch On the wedding couch. Barry Baldwin Nick Clegg Is not a bad egg. He's hoping for glory Now that he's almost a Tory! Ed Miliband Has his head in the sand He won't please his mother If he ousts his big brother! Shirley Curran (2) Nicolas Sarkozy Knows he Enters the parlour As Monsieur Carla. Jacob Zuma Is a baby boomer: Not that he was born after the war It's just that he's fathered a score. Bill Greenwell (2) Nick Clegg Recalled the words curate and egg. When asked how his manifesto promises could be credible He replied: "Parts of them are edible!" George Osborne, Recalling the silver spoon with which he was born, Began to wonder whether It was really prudent to say that we are all in this together Gavin Ross (2) Though Diane Abbott Dreams she might grab it, None but a white, male, youngish, school-tie nob Can land the topmost Labour job. Barbara Smoker Signor Berlusconi Likes them chubby, not bony; But he really didn't oughta Date girls younger than his daughter. Alanna Blake Now Vince Cable Has a seat at the cabinet table, He tries not to look absurd, Eating every other word. Peter Barnes To join the inner circle Of Angela Merkel, You'd need to scrounge a Spare sunlounger. David Silverman Dr Vincent Cable, Sainted and some say very able, Wins prizes for his cha-cha, But to Liberal beliefs he says "ta-ta". Linda Donaghie Ed Balls Has visited many union halls. He seeks the crown Of Brown. John O'Byrne Boris Johnson, mayor, Hates bendy buses - seems unfair. You think he'd be a stout defender Of going out on a bender. David Miliband Comes across as chilly, and Supported Blair and Bush, which makes one wary, And his eyes are scary. Sue Skinner (2) David Cameron Likes to hammer on About the need for shared sacrifice While his own way of life is rather nice. Ian Birchall Chris Huhne Used to sing a green tune. But now he's into power Nuclear plants will flower. Eric Nielson The Milibands Would like a show of hands On which of them Would make the better PM. Carolyn Beckingham The next challenge No 4143 Set by Leonora Casement We'd like a poem from Gerard Manley Hopkins, Yeats or Coleridge on any aspect of the coalition government. Max 16 lines by 9 September comp@newstatesman.co.uk |
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