It has been a bad weekend for...

It has been a bad weekend for:

• British diplomats in Russia:

They have been accused of spying in Moscow. Russian TV showed that British agents hid sophisticated spying equipment inside a fake rock and secretly passed money to non-governmental organisations (NGOs).

The Foreign Office declined to say this morning whether any official complaint had been received from the authorities in Moscow.

But a spokesman said Britain was "concerned and suprised" by the TV allegations and denied any improper links with Russian NGOs.

Read the full story here and here.

• Sven Goran Eriksson:

More details of a sting came out on Sunday. This time the News of the World reported the England coach dishing out his opinions on three premier league managers - claiming them to be receiving bungs in players transfers.

He has been hauled up before the FA to explain his statements to the tabloid. My feeling is that he won't last until after the world cup. The FA will cut him loose.

Read more here and here and here.

• Lib-Dem leader and MP Mark Oaten:

This man has to forgo his chances in LIb-Dem leadership race after revelations of his rent-boy shame. In fact he can forget about his immediate political future after News of the World published an exclusive of his habits of having threesomes with rent boys. He has also quit as the party's home affairs spokesperson.

Read more here and here.

• Whaley the whale:

On Friday night, all British television reports were about a shle which has swum upstream of the River Thames. The whale provided a spectacle for thousands of people. And then experts moved in to save the whale. The plan was to lift the whale and send it back to the Artic ocean. And the result? Whaley died.

Theories for Whaley's sad demise ranged from stress caused by the noise of nearby boats to explosions on Ministry of Defence gunnery ranges damaging the mammal's sonar system. Experts are not giving up yet. They are conducting a post-mortem to find out why the female whale died.

Read more here and here.

• And personally for me as a Liverpool fan:

When the team fell to a last minute goal at old-foe Manchester United. How sad. Liverpool has been improving well and I hope this defeat will merely be a small hindrance to their progress. Come on boys, lets put together another wonderful run of wins.

Read more here and here.


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