Following the alleged volcanic eruption in Iceland which has caused air travel delays in UK….

Alleged because some believe that Iceland is burning all evidence of its national debit to UK and hence the fumes of clouds. Or maybe they are paying back the UK with ASH and not CASH.

Following the demise of Portsmouth FC into administration, there is some more bad news for the whole of UK…

Gary Lineker will make a sensational return to international football to help ease England’s striker shortage for the World Cup qualifier against Ukraine at Wembley.

The 49-year-old England legend, who scored 48 goals in 80 appearances for his country and was top scorer at the 1986 World Cup finals in Mexico, announced his decision to stunned media.

“I’ve thought long and hard about this, and I really think I have something to offer to Fabio Capello and England,” Lineker said.

http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/01042009/58/lineker-shock-england-return.html

GORDON Brown last night dismissed calls to surrender his £123,000 a year pension when he is forced to stop being prime minister next June.

You pay for his house too

Mr Brown was defiant in the face of City outrage despite the UK government’s annual operating loss of £100bn, rising to £1.5 trillion when the write-down of its banking assets is taken into account.

The prime minister said: “I’ve been building up this pension since I became an MP, it’s all completely legal and now you want to take it away because I’ve been catastrophically bad at my job and you’re looking for a scapegoat. What gives?”

He added: “Yes I’ve been in charge of financial regulation for 12 years, yes I encouraged the housing bubble, and yes I pissed billions up the wall giving pointless jobs to Labour voters, but I fail to see what any of this has to do with me being incredibly well off.”

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