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Listed below are comments made by 76-trombones between Tuesday, 16th June 2009 and Sunday, 5th July 2009.

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SFO to probe MG Rover collapse 1:52pm on 05 Jul 2009 Interesting, if only because the general impression is that the SFO had actually given up on investigating serious fraud since their new Director arrived (much commented on in Private Eye). Or is this another BAE - a long investigation that eventually gets spiked by Ministers because of where the blame goes. Although, as the investigation is bound to take over a year, the next Attorney General will be in an interesting position...
Michael Jackson coverage 8:39pm on 29 Jun 2009 I appreciate entirely the significance of Jackson's death to many people, given his notoriety of recent years and impending London concerts. However, the BBC has good people in LA in Rajesh Mirchandani and David Willetts, not to mention others such as Justin Webb in Washington. Was it really necessary to fly out Emily Maitlis - presumably business class, and hopefully solo and not with a crew - to conduct some pretty shabby vox pops on Sunset Boulevard as all the actual news had been broadcast before she left London?

Surely the BBC is subject to the same belt-tightening as the rest of us in this recession, or has that yet to reach the various editors' consciences?
Lewis and Lewis 8:59pm on 16 Jun 2009 Nick,

with all the furore over expenses, resignations etc, what has happened in Norwich North - has Ian Gibson formally resigned, and will GB try and delay a by-election as long as humanly (?) possible? It all seems to have gone very quiet...

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