Archive for March, 2008

Beeb viewers complain about too much sport, that’s a big problem

Apparently BBC viewers thought there was too much Six Nations rugby on over last weekend, and they complained, as only Beeb viewers do.

And they’re probably right.

The BBC has got its knickers in a twist over sport; it doesn’t have many …

Now the knives are out for Chelsea’s Grant

Chelsea manager Avram Grant may have lost just three out of 34 matches since he took over from ’special one’ Jose Mourinho but the knives are well and truly out for him after his cockeyed team lost Sunday’s Carling Cup final …

Stuffed by les rosbifs - again!

From Serge Poniatowski (chief celebrity interviewer) in Paris:

Serge: Well Marc, a pretty grim result n’est-ce pas?

(French coach) Marc Lievremont: Au contraire Serge, it was a magnifique result and I am so proud of the boys.

Serge: But those English bastards beat …

Lawyers cut fees? Well that’s what they say they’re doing and would they lie?

Actually what they say they’re doing, according to the Financial Times in London, is moving tentatively (and probably reluctantly) away from charging by the hour.

As the big City firms are charging their mostly corporate clients up to £750 an hour for a …

Darling’s great exodus begins - but who’s actually going, and where?

As if UK chancellor Alistair Darling didn’t have enough problems with broken bank Northern Rock, the papers are full of stories that the global financial elite - currently toiling in the City and Canary Wharf - is about to up sticks …

Don’t mess with les paysannes Nic!

French Premier Nicolas Sarkozy tried to improve his ratings in France by visiting a farming fair at the Salon International d’Agriculture.

When a grumpy farmer refused to shake hands with him he snapped back, “Get lost then you bloody idiot, just …

Attack of the lap-dancer

For those who’ve not seen it yet, there’s a fine piece by Jeff Randall in the Daily Telegraph on the modern trend for blaming other people when something goes wrong. The most extreme examples of this, of course, are when the …

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