[George Simmers]

Awakened yearnings for democracy
Are soon extinguished by gross tyranny.
Gadaffi’s rule is shown for what it is,
Which means red faces at the LSE.

We’ve learnt how this great school, the Webbs’ foundation,
Sold out its fine and hard-won reputation
By awarding, with straight face, a Ph.D.
For plagiarism, plus a huge donation.

Well, when a vile thug’s vile and thuggish son
Came offering millions, could they really shun
A tasty offer? Old boy, that’s absurd.
In straitened times, it’s just how things are done.

For now the LSE is shamed and cowed -
In ancient Oxford, though, dons can be proud
They took no cash from the Gadaffi clan,
But only from the vicious House of Saud.