Spectator competition winners: Gilbert & Sullivan’s The Brexiteers

In Competition No. 3112 you were invited to submit an extract from Gilbert & Sullivan’s The Brexiteers. The title of this new addition to the G&S canon was, of course, a nod to The Gondoliers. But in an entry both serious and silly, full of wit and whimsy, you also plundered The Mikado (‘Four little maids in politics, we,/ Boris-resistant as can be…’), Iolanthe (Lord Chancellor’s ‘Nightmare Song’) and H.M.S. Pinafore (‘Ring the merry bells for Brexit!’), among others. There were stellar performances from Max Gutmann, Sylvia Fairley, David Shields and D.A. Prince. They were only narrowly outstripped by the winners below who earn £30 each.

Adrian Fry Mine is the tousled noddle at the head of Brexit       government, Let getting Out, no deal or doubt, become our       sacred covenant. May tried negotiation but the Eurocrats all bested       her, Conservatives lost confidence — hey presto, my       investiture! It’s going to be a doddle, now we’re leaving       unilaterally, The EU gets more bijou while Great Britain       blossoms naturally Through trade deals with America and India,       Australia And sundry other nations who don’t think free trade       a failure.