[John Whitworth]

Rather a Spherefest this week. Bazza gets the fiver, Jayne and Chris O'Carrrol mop up and even I get an hon mensh.

The new comp ought to keep us scribbling over the festive.

NO. 2729: sing a song of...
You are invited to recast a well-known nursery rhyme, filtering it through the lens of a recent news story (eg. Hey diddle diddle the MPs they fiddled...). Max. 16 lines. Please email entries, where possible, lucy@spectator.co.uk by midday on 4 January.

Old Mother Merkie...
She went to the oh I don't know
To get little Sarko a bone