Censor this

Another day, another MP get nailed for expenses. There was a brief lull in sackings/resignations/news about claims for £8,000 televisions and duck ponds, but now the erotically named Kitty Ussher has bitten the bullet. Another case of home-flipping. I thought that these half-wit MPs had all been exposed by now, but it appears not. Although I think it has blown over to some extent, especially as new swine flu cases, fighting in Iran and North Korea qualifying for the World Cup is much more interesting.

Speaking of which, there's a fascinating blog on the Beeb website detailing how the football fixtures are computed. I knew that Everton and Liverpool could not play on the same day at home, but what I didn't know is that Dagenham's game can affect Norwich, through a chain of computations involving shared stewards and traffic congestion through Esses, Suffolk and London. Just bizarre that the home designation can affect another game 108 miles away.

Did you know Bobby Moore's middle name was Chelsea? Honestly.

Bad news in terms of media law today - the Times has convinced a High Court judge that a blogger has no right to anonymity, meaing that popular police blogger "nightjack" has been exposed and reprimanded by his unit.

Why the times did this I don't know. There are a lot of stuffy journalists who hate the blogging culture because it means jobs are being taken away. Also of course in the Times' case the Eton/Oxbridge educated posh twats frown upon anyone who doesn't reference Greek philosophers, 18th century history or other up-their-own-arse crap in their stories.

Of course my blog is a bit of fun. I can sit in my boxer shorts with pot noodle down my front, writing my nonsense about football, porn and anything.

But for some people it's a moral crusade, a genuinely insightful way of imparting information to people who would never see it. They can engage other anonymous sources to work together and critically comment on aspects of life that the Times would never trifle with. One day I might have to reveal a source against my will - I don't know how I will feel...

There are so many blogs around that I'm not going to recommend any. Easy to find good ones.