You have to laugh don’t you. Well, that’s exactly what I did when I read this afternoon that the Home Secretary, yes the Home Secretary has been found out trying to pay for a TV package as part of her parliamentary duties – give me strength!
Her husband decided to watch a couple of “Adult” films on pay per view and then claimed for them back on expenses! Nothing wrong with his taste, everyone is entitled to watch what they want to as long as they are consenting adults, heck he even paid for “Surf’s Up” and “Ocean’s 13″ too. That said, are you trying to tell me you can’t distinguish between that and a bill for web connection? NO! What a pathetic excuse and from the Home Seretary Jacqui Smith herself!
Ms Smith said she “mistakenly” claimed for a TV package when billing for a web connection and would repay the cash.
Downing Street said she had done the “right thing” by quickly rectifying the “inadvertent mistake”.
The Home Secretary is already under investigation by the parliamentary commissioner for standards over her use of the second homes allowance.
MPs can claim for subscription television services but they have to be used wholly, exclusively and necessarily to perform their duties.
BBC political correspondent, Gary O’Donoghue, said a source told him Ms Smith was “livid and shocked” when she found out about the films.
He said he was told Ms Smith was not at home when they were viewed and said she had no intention of resigning over the matter.
Mr O’Donoghue said he was told Ms Smith had given her husband a “real ear-bashing“.
Last month Ms Smith was criticised for claiming taxpayer-funded allowances for a second home while living with her sister.
But she insisted she had …
Oh dear, it only took eight days before racism reared its ugly head once again in the Big brother house. It happened late last night during a conversation between Emily and Charley. Emily with only 19 years of wisdom behind her deemed it necessary and ok to call Charley a nigger. With the UK version under so much scrutiny following the Shilpa Shetty row with chav Jade Goody it was inevitable that the producers would not take her comments lightly.
It has been a while since 
There’s no doubt that the orphanage does great things for young children and I guess it’s just a case of a line and has it been crossed in this case? I have to say I am a Corby supporter from afar – I’ve never met her or know much about her as a person – I guess I try to see the good in people and believe in her innocence.
I’ve heard it all now and I honestly didn’t think it possible !!! Following her jail sentence last week Hilton believes her celebratory status afford her special privileges that the rest of us cannot. Who the hell does she think she is ? She claims it wasn’t her that started the petition but her friend Josh – so take it off the site if you don’t agree with it ? !!! I expect she paid someone to write it for her. If the governor does relax the terms then he’s as weak as they come. She’ll receive special treatment in jail anyway so why worry ? Not as if she will be on death row or solitary confinement. If it’s good enough for 
Do you remember where you were when the World changed? By change I do mean the atrocious attack on the World Trade Center in New York on the 
Rushing out of my office to tell my colleagues, we turned on all the TV’s in the main office and stood still, unable to comprehend the situation, unsure at who to call and what to do next. Normality took a back seat, work was forgotten as an eerie silence hit the office. No one could talk, ringing phones went unanswered for the first five minutes as we all collected our thoughts. …
Can someone please tell me what Australia has done to deserve losing not one but two legends in the space of 5 days ? I guess this is always the way it works, just like in real non celebrity life. How many times do we go through our day to day life hearing that someone we know has died only to hear two days later that another acquaintance has died. I guess that’s the role of evolution but how much harder is it to lose two great Australian icons ? Bloody hard I tell you.
Brock’s children accepted the offer of a Victorian state funeral, with former partner Bev telling ABC Radio: “[Brock] was loved. He was in the public eye, and everything had to be done with a flourish and with a bang. It’s probably the way he …
Well very interesting news through today and boy am I happy with the results! Marion Jones, Ex-triple Olympic champion, 
The tributes still pour in around the world for Steve Irwin who was killed yesterday by a Stingray Barb. A rather curious article appeared in the 
The venom apparatus or “sting” of a stingray is a spine or modified dermal denticle (the scales covering sharks and stingrays) with two ventral grooves filled with venom-producing tissue. The venom apparatus is surrounded by a cell-rich covering or sheath that also may produce lesser amounts of venom. The venom itself is a largely protein-based toxin that causes great pain in mammals and may also alter heart rate and respiration. However, since it is proteinaceous, it can be inactivated …
The web is buzzing about Steve Irwin’s death with literally hundreds and thousands of online news companies, magazines and newspapers reporting on his life, career and his death earlier today. I’ll try and find some of the better ones and put them all in one place to make things slightly easier.
I was going to write a piece today about The Sentinel starring Michael Douglas and Eva Longoria but I have woken up to find news of Steve Irwin’s death. Known throughout the world as the “Crocodile Hunter”, he was 
As time went on, more news emerged and the status changed from Diana being involved to seriously injured and by morning the most famous and most photographed woman in the World had died. It wasn’t long before all the major channels capable of altering their schedules switched to live coverage and the World was in mourning. In the years that have followed there have been calls for inquests to be held in the UK, 
