In light if the more and more salacious revelations at the Leveson Enquiry into the seedy actions at News International/News of the World/the Murdochs et al, I thought the following might show just how long this sort of thing has been going on.

After all, why let the truth get in the way of a good story?

You cannot hope to bribe or twist,

Thank God: the British journalist.

But seeing what the man will do

Unbribed, there's no occasion to.

Apologies to Humbert Wolfe 1886-1940.

– Chas Skett, Oakwood Road, Bream.