Part of The Legend !

Once again Cricket fans have been let down. Not by "Sir" Freddie Flintoff and co,but by the pathetic English media who seem to have nothing better to do than report on hi-jinks and then turn such trivia into a full blown scandal. Has David Norrie and his ilk at the News Of The World, never heard of the expression "What goes on, on tour, stays on tour".

Of course he has not, he is not a gentleman. Young men in their twenties and thirties on tour, in the beautiful Carribean, having a few too many beers and staying up too late. Surprise Bloody Surprise. I would be more shocked if they were tucked up in bed and adhering to the curfew.

Of course, Flintoff is a role model due to his staggering cricketing talent, and it was not wise of him to go anywhere near the water if half-cut, this is extremely silly and dangerous. However, the man is human and will make mistakes, the same as we all can.

If England's beery antics affect their performance on the pitch, that is another matter entirely, it is a World Cup after all.

Anybody sane, should not begrudge the boys a few beers, although it would surely be wiser to party after a victory rather than a defeat.

By demonising Flintoff, the media seems to be saying they want their sportsmen whiter and whiter - they are not politicians. Cricket is much more fun with characters like Flintoff, and Paul Nixon, and Botham and Tuffnell before them.

Banning Freddie from any game was a pathetic move, and only did English Cricket damage, but removing the vice captaincy from him is no bad thing. It means he can now concentrate on getting his batting and bowling back to the incredible level of the 2005 Ashes series.

Who will ever forget him whacking sixes, all over Edgbaston in the second test, and then demolishing the Aussies with the ball. In that test, he made 141 runs and took six wickets. The series of course went to England, and the media labelled the series "Flintoff''s Ashes".

The same such media, who loved Freddie looking worse for wear, on the celebration tour around London in September 2005, should now show some bloody loyalty and get off his back. His antics are part and parcel of the legend.

Come on Freddie, get a century against Kenya on saturday, and silence the b*stards.

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PINGU (2nd to the left,standing) and Family

I cannot see why Tory Central Office has had the above picture banned. All children love Pingu.

Of course, the official line is that Gillman and Soame, the owners of the picture have had it withdrawn. The words "Lent" and "Upon" spring readily to mind.

As I have no wish to be thrown in prison, fined, or done away with by any future Consersative administration, I wish to declare that The Bullingdon Club picture is not the genuine article. It is an artistic impression taken from the BBC Newsnight website.

The Tories seem to have compleatly lost their marbles over this one. This sort of censorship is common in place in Robert Mugabe's Zimbabwe and communist China but surely not in Great Britain! . Call Me Dave gets scarier by the day.

Whats this I hear coming along my drive, surely not an army of jackbooted secret police penguins. Lead by Minister For Justice, Boris Johnson (3rd,to the right sat down) out to silence me!

Do not let this happen,stop the Notting Hill Nazi's and vote Labour in 2009.