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Bush takes a swing at cricket in Pakistan – Yahoo! News UKIt’s bad enough trying to explain cricket to the average intelligent American…

OMB NEWS | UK | UK Politics | In Full: Tessa Jowell inquiry letter Of course, Owen Barder does it with his customary style.

BBC NEWS | UK | Tessa Jowell splits from husband Interesting that this has happened now. Am I just terminally cynical, or is this a case of a marriage being sacrificed for a ministerial career?

There’s an episode of The Simpsons, where Bart’s instant denial of wrong doing – “It wasn’t me, I didn’t do it” etc. leads to a brief spell of fame, as his catchphrase catches on. The standard Labour government minister’s catchphrase must be “I didn’t know”, with the occasional “I wasn’t aware”, “I don’t recall” and…

The scene – our local Thresher (tip: only go there if you are buying three bottles of wine, as their pricing structure is based on 3 for 2, which works out at about supermarket prices) Two women of about 20 are in front of me. They have clearly dashed out from their workplace, because they…

Richard and Judy Summer reads – read extracts of all them Free: “False Impression is Jeffrey Archer’s latest pacy thriller that no fan should miss and you can win one of five uncorrected proofs.” Presumably there’s a prize of a book by a real author if you do all the corrections…

BBC NEWS | England | Manchester | 21 rescued after floor collapses They should have done a risk assessment first…

BBC NEWS | Health | Doctor ties ‘to go in MRSA fight’So all doctors are men, apparently?

This is another of Owen Barder’s fantastic spoofs – trouble is, they are getting ever closer to reality. I think we are arriving at a point where the government will be beyond parody…

BBC NEWS | Education | Academics vote for strike action Well, it had to happen. Don’t you think Jocelyn Prudence is the perfect name for the employers’ negotiator?