The Uninvited Guest

2009 and the expenses scandal Made Gordon Brown, the Prime Minister, lament So John Bercow, was appointed new ‘Speaker’ To be ‘The Commons’ new broom, was his intent But he was faced, with an unlikely challenge In his efforts to clean up ‘the house’ For running loose, in his official residence Was a small, grey, furry, wily mouse ‘The Speaker’s’ efforts to entrap his visitor All failed, with equal measure So Sally, his wife, used her ‘Twitter’ account To seek help on catching the creature “Eeek, we have a mouse!” she did post “And under the dish washer it’s run, It’s Sunday, and the ‘mouse-catcher’s’ day off Can someone tell me – what can be done?” “My husband’s been ever so manly But all of his efforts have failed, Please can someone come up with a plan To put this small rodent in jail?” Suggestions came from near and far, But all of them failed to succeed The mouse still evaded the Bercow’s grasp This led Labour MP, Gordon Prentice, to plead To ‘The Commons’, “Why not have a resident cat To rid ‘The House’ of the mouse population?” But the members said, “No – that’s inhumane We prefer control over eradication This ‘House’ has stood for centuries, and, There’s always been a problem with mice But to bring in a cat, to kill them all Well, the voters wouldn’t consider that, nice! That’s why Parliament employs the ‘mouse-catcher’ To monitor and control the pests So, until he can catch the Bercow’s mouse, They’ll just have to live with their uninvited guest!”