Iain Dale reports the sad news today that the BBC political correspondent, Guto Harri, is leaving the corporation. Like Iain I was both shocked and upset. BBC political bulletins will be a darker and lonelier place without him. Here’s my poetic tribute:
Professional, objective, fair, that is our Guto.
Broadcasted on Welsh-language radio – quite a feat oh.
And so stopped spoken Welsh becoming obsolete oh,
He’s someone I have really always wished to meet oh.
Once on the Ten O‘Clock News – this was quite a treat oh –
He hid the fact that Tony Blair was booed, how neat oh!
But his unhappy bosses read from the charge sheet oh.
He was accused of bias, for the sake of Pete oh!
But now his fine career is very much complete oh,
On Fleishman-Hillard’s board he was given a seat oh.*
* I don’t know if Guto has actually been given a seat on the board, but it's poetic licence.
1 comment:
If they don't make you Poet Laureate, then there's no justice.
Andrew Motion doesn't get out of bed for less than a butt of sack.
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