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I wondered that but it seems he didn't. He was investigated by the Australian Secret Service when he was on tour there; they were very suspicious of his political activities. He's probably the dodgiest individual to captain England

It's what Private Eye call him

We have a winner. He also stood for the Conservatives in Bolsover - I'd say the definition of a lost cause in the early 60s (although Bolsover does have a Tory MP now, quite incredibly)

Blimey, how old do you think I am? (but Fry did stand for Parliament - long before I was born though) But you were right on Lord Ted - stood against Jim Callaghan in Cardiff (lost by a lot)

Stand for UK Parliament One of the two former cricketers stood for two separate parties

Monty Panesar is going to stand for Parliament for Gorgeous George's Workers Party. Good luck cracking the 16,000 Labour majority in Southall. He becomes the third Sussex cricketer to stand for Parliament in my lifetime: quick quiz - anyone name the other two?

Nothing to do with the current case, but I've discovered that Paula Vennells was an exact contemporary of mine at university. We actually attended the same graduation ceremony. I feel a bit unclean now

There's already a bus running between Brighton and Eastbourne going via Falmer - the 28. Sounds like this one is copying the route

And a bit near St Andrew's Day, so you may have a few Scots complaining

We're going to lose this, aren't we?

If GB is desperate to buy it but doesn't have the funds, we can have a whip-round

Because the agreement with the ECB is that he can play 5 out of the first 7 games, so he has to drop out of two

I bet it was a lot more than the £2,500 pa I was offered by The Cricketer. This was in 1983 but that was derisory even then. When I told them that, the answer was "Yes, we were looking for someone with a private income" :lolol::lolol::lolol:

Andrew's in the Open Market is pretty decent.

I reckon there's not enough time to win this. Another hour and we'd have a chance Great effort though

Andy Caddick?

Can't argue with that

Excellent night with Doctors of Madness at the Duke of Wellington (with our very own Attila guesting on violin). One of my favourite bands and to see them in such a small setting was a real treat. My second gig in a week, following the Sam Lee one on Wednesday (a very different show) ... both...

Yep, and if the MP gets such a suspension then his constituency can set up a recall petition asking for him to be sacked. But the point is that it's his or her constituency that does this, not parliament. I'm not saying that he shouldn't be suspended (in fact, I think he should) but there is due...

I disagree. MPs are representatives of the people - even the Acts relevant to Parliament, MPs and voting are known as Representation of the People Acts. If the people elect MPs they, and only they, have the right to remove them. What you're proposing is the first step towards dictatorship where...