[Chris O'Carroll]

John Whitworth and Bill Greenwell each have two winning clerihews this week; Basil Ransome-Davies and I each have one.

Anybody who understands this new competition is a lap ahead of me.

No 4213

Set by J Seery

After announcing in Libération that he was running for the French presidency, (to represent “the millions of families who have been forgotten”), Eric Cantona said it was merely a ruse to draw attention to a lack of housing for the poor. What a shame! Let’s encourage him to rethink his decision by sending in an extract from his manifesto.

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