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Listed below are comments made by c0r0nal between Tuesday, 27th May 2008 and Monday, 30th March 2009.

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Smith thought she'd be cleared 10:41am on 30 Mar 2009 Whether or not Jacqui Smith (or any other MP, for that matter) will be found to have done anything against the rules with regard to their expenses claims, can I explore for a moment how these revelations are coming to light? There rarely seems to be a large number of these stories being published at the same time. Instead, one story after another drips out, week after week, concerning one MP or another. While the majority of these stories seem to involve government ministers (perhaps because these individuals are most newsworthy), more junior MPs from other parties have also been implicated.

What can one make of this? Is this a tit-for-tat campaign between the parties, each retaliating against another leak from the other? Or is there somebody among the administrative staff in the Commons gradually leaking these stories to the media? Whatever the case, and whichever side of the fence one stands on, this saga is hugely and corrosively damaging to politics as a whole. As Nick alludes to, the chances of turning a disillusioned electorate back on to politics (in the way Obama managed in the US) seem to be lower than ever here, which is deeply sad.
Stanford to add to Twenty20 pot of gold 12:42pm on 25 Jul 2008 Have to disagree with the negative comments about Phil Tufnell. I've listened to TMS for many years, and find that he fits very well into the summariser mould described by Prodnose above: a real knowledge of the game imparted with a sense of humour and full of interesting insights. Very much in the tradition of Vic Marks, Graeme Fowler, Jeremy Coney etc, and far more interesting than Mark Pougatch and the other imports from 5 Live who I'm afraid regularly betray their lack of knowledge of the game.
Ready for Headingley and Flintoff's return 09:51am on 16 Jul 2008 I agree that Phil Tufnell has been a great addition to the summarisers. Hope he's back soon!
Ask Bearders #170 2:36pm on 28 May 2008 Many thanks for the answer to the Strauss question, PortoIan!
Ask Bearders #170 3:36pm on 27 May 2008 In the 2nd test against New Zealand, Andrew Strauss scored at least double the number of runs obtained by the next best English batsman in both the 1st innings (60 from Strauss vs 30 from Vaughan and Broad) and the 2nd innings (106 from Strauss vs 48 from Vaughan).

Is this the first time the same batsman has been twice as successful as any other teammate in both innings of the same test match?

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