Sinn Fein say, "The British government are buggers".

Ball-tampering. There, I've said it. Things that shouldn't be said: the judge in the Saddam trial appears to be wearing comedy specs and moustache.

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the President of Iran ... in one shot on his website he appears to be dressed only in flowers. Oh - here's the page, you'll see what I mean.

Our editor came to work today in a vibrant pink shirt. Vibrant. Several members of staff have had to go home sick.

Commentors to the Blog suggested Nick should take the Independent for every penny.

As a Doctor, I'm often asked: why can't we see more pictures of Albania?

The population of the United Kingdom has, for the first time, reached sixty million. If they stood on each other's shoulders they would reach perhaps twenty feet in the air before toppling over.