THE TWELVE DAYS OF CRISIS

On the twelfth day of Christmas, the UK gave to me:

12 Strikes-a-drumming

11 Taxes rising

10 Lords a-leeching

9 Landlords squeezing

8 Sewers leaking

7 Bills a-soaring

6 Trains a-cancelling

5 PER-CENT RATES!

4 Crumbling schools 

3 French strikes

2 Two-hour queues

And a pothole in a B-road.