http://www.boredwithsport.co.uk The online resource for the sport averse! Wed, 24 Jun 2009 06:26:05 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en So Harriet Harman has pledged to "look again"  at the issue of blacking out details on MPs' published expenses claims. That's nice. Staring at a black piece of paper with the odd figure peeking out isn't very enlightening. And MPs' could also face up to a year in jail under plans for new ... http://www.boredwithsport.co.uk/2009/06/a-pain-in-the-blacked-out-passage/ Now that the boys n' girls in da house are rushing to don their sack cloth and ashes to atone for their sins (mainly because of David Cameron's boot up their collective arses) and try to find out which right royal bar steward dobbed them in.  I thought it would ... http://www.boredwithsport.co.uk/2009/05/please-close-the-gate/ (Especially if you're using one to fill in a claim form. A bit easier too.) I've got an expenses claim form I've been struggling with. The problem isn't what items I can claim for. You know, should I claim for that coffee? Was the taxi really necessary or should I have got ... http://www.boredwithsport.co.uk/2009/04/the-pen-is-mightier-than-the-sword/ So what's this G20 thing all about? Apart from, that is, the chance for certain well known leaders to hang around Obama and catch a bit of the glow? Is it a meeting to solve all the Worlds financial ills? I don't think so, they'll hardly have time to get their abacuses ... http://www.boredwithsport.co.uk/2009/04/g2-or-not-g2-that-is-the-question/ ... may the Lords (house of) make us truly thankful (that we don't get caught.) You know you couldn't make this stuff up better if you tried. I can't imagine the atmosphere in Jacqui Smith's household right now, but I imagine it's a right Carry On. The country's going to the dogs ... http://www.boredwithsport.co.uk/2009/03/for-what-we-are-about-to-claim/ Right Said Fred Right said Fred it's time to put me skates on Pack my bags and catch n' early flight, But as I tried to shift it, couldn't even lift it, I was gettin' nowhere at all, So I had a cuppa mo. Well right said Fred of course I know the reason It was pure ... http://www.boredwithsport.co.uk/2009/03/right-said-fred/ It's now become clear that the government knew about, but repeatedly denied knowing about, the transport of prisoners from one country to another for interrogation in countries where torture is not illegal. A practice known as 'extraordinary rendition'. If it wasn't such an appalling definition it would be quite funny. ... http://www.boredwithsport.co.uk/2009/02/the-mathematics-of-truth/ [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="400" caption="A Special Relationship: Anglo American Relations from the Cold War to Iraq"][/caption] I saw the two secretaries of state for the U.K. and U.S.A do a joint press conference the other day. David Miliband and Hillary Clinton representing their respective countries. I have to admit I find it hard ... http://www.boredwithsport.co.uk/2009/02/a-not-so-special-relationship/