19 OCTOBER 1974, Page 10

Victor Ludorum

"I'm Victor Ludorum am I, I'm the greatest," I now loudly cry, 'Those other two boobs With hoarse-larynx tubes Are left on the shore high and dry "As conquering Hero I come But why is the City so glum?

I've given a pledge To Lever the Wedge On profits increasing their sum.

"My laurel wreath's not very big; No more than the leaf of a fig. I hope it will hide The rents which divide The policy clothes of my rig.

"Maybe my majority's thin.

At least I am now safely in.

My rebels will now More likely kowtow, Than with a more comfortable win."

Basil Charles