Following on from the SEC charges against tycoon and 'cricket-lover' Allen Stanford, authories have released a list of Stanford Cricketing Terms:

- Legged over before wicket, Stealing Bid Off

- Golden Duck, Googly

- Loosener, Grubber, Indipper, Slider, Mullygrubber, Lower Order

It seems that Parliamentary advisors are in the process of formulating a get-out clause for shamed MPs when it comes to the Day of Judgement.

In a behind the scenes deal negotiated with Bishops, Rabbis, Imams and other religious leaders, it is alleged that shamed MPs will be able to claim that it was the 'system' that caused them to misuse parliamentary expenses....

... In an bid to outdo the Telegraph, the Sunday Times will this weekend publish its own Rich List, detailing the five hundred richest parliamentarians...

In an interview with the Guardian Newspaper that covered everything from his enthusiasm for Twitter to the 'hurt' resulting from the personal attacks on him during the recent failed coup attempt, Gordon Brown emphasised that he could take control of his destiny by walking away from No.10 tomorrow.

The PM described how after No.10 he could well become a teacher. Even better he could spread his 'gospel' by 'getting down and Twittering wiv da yoof'. And in a rare bid to show how he would connect with the the young he subsequently broadcast on the Twitter network:

'I cUd wlk awy frm dis 2moz... lol'