Dire Straits hit ‘Money For Nothing’ has just been banned from Canadian radio…26 years after it was released!

Following a single complaint, The Canadian Broadcasts Standards Council has ruled the song too offensive for Canadian airwaves because it contains the word ‘faggot’, which it concludes is a word that ‘even if entirely or marginally acceptable in earlier days, is no longer so.’

Following their decision, The Canadian Broadcasts Standards Council went onto ban Tom Robinson’s ‘Sing If You’re Glad To Be Gay’, stating that ‘even if entirely or marginally acceptable in earlier days, it is no longer acceptable to call the British Police the best in the world‘…

Today, Boney M frontman Bobby Farrell was found dead in his hotel room in St. Petersburg.

According to Sergei Kapitanov, representative of St. Petersburg’s branch of Russia’s investigative committee, “ The cause of his death was not immediately clear.”

Putting some poison into his wine and shooting him ’till he was dead have yet to be ruled out.

Apparently Gillian McKeith has been smuggling The Spice Girls in her knickers. Probably the best place for them.

You have been evicted. Please leave the Big Brother Mine.

Whilst The Pope is in London, I’m hoping to see him…do his impersonation of Roberto Calvi!

Following an election at the weekend, Australia has a hung parliament, with neither Labour nor the Conservatives having enough seats to form a majority.

Nick Clegg is negotiating with both sides.

A little bird informs me that Playboy magazine is coming to the iPad. However, in order to comply with Apple’s anti-porn stance, there will be no risqué content.

Well I guess that now people really can read it just for the articles.

Today Conservative mayor of London, Boris Johnson, introduced his cycle hire scheme to the capital. I guess some things never change…almost 30 years on and the tories are still telling people to get on their bikes.

According to this piece on Yahoo, Greenpeace have seized control of all BP petrol stations in London. Apparently “BP says it is aware that some ‘irresponsible acts’ have taken place”…hence the need for action by Greenpeace…

There’s no such thing as (the big) society.