Pledgebank stuff - Jack Straw doesn't believe in accountability

Jack Straw is the Leader of the House of Commons. It's him who's responsible for rules and guidelies for MPs behaviour. Having worked out that some MPs are using their researchers to try to massage their performance stats, he's decided that the problem is the website collating the stats, not the crappy MPs themselves.

I signed this soon after it started, but it runs out today (28th July). Go to Pledgebank, and promise to write to the man in charge of our democracy and point out that accountability is a good thing. Please?

James would like it if you don't call him a cretin, that was a little tongue in cheek. More info here if people want it. Go sign?

Oh, thanks to all those who wrote to Dr Reid yesterday, she got the passport renewed,w hether we had an influence is likely to never be known, but, y'know...

Naked boy wizards? Ouch.

*cough*

For the benefits of faeriecween, jantshira and others...

So here it is: Daniel 'Harry Potter' Radcliffe is all set to staras Alan Strang in Equus when it comes to the West End next year.

In case you haven't read it, we aren't really spoling anything for you if we say that Strang's favourite hobby is sneaking around stabbing horse's in the eyes with big metal spikes. Not exactly quidditch is it?

There's also a scene in the play which requires the actor playing Strang to ride a horse naked.

From londonist, here.

Just, y'know, observing...