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The British Government have taken action to force the English Cricket Board to cut cricketing ties with Zimbabwe, and cancel pending tours.

Jonathon Agnew interviewed Andrew Burnham MP, the UK Minister for Culture, Media and Sport, on Radio 4 at lunchtime in the New Zealand vs England One-Day Match.

This article is an interlude in my review of the Total Politics website, after my first detailed look. I’ll be coming back with some thoughts about “Web 2.0″ features of the website - and some possible developments for the future.

For now, a different point has impressed itself on my consciousness.

The roundup is a compendium of last week’s outstanding posts in the British Blogosphere.

Britblog Roundup No. 159 (2-Mar-07) is hosted at Suzanne Lamido’s Blog.

5 minute spot on Radio 5 Live 2 Mar 2007:

[audio:http://www.mattwardman.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/20080304-britblog-review-podsandblogs.mp3].

For the full Pods and Blogs Roundup to download, visit Chris Vallance’s site.

A very well made Health and Safety Spoof.

I think somebody should get him to make some real videos. If I were him, I’d also rapidly slap a “charge to show at Health and Safety” seminars on it.

The amusement is in the detail.

I’m still on video, but this is on a more serious note.

This is the first edition of Zimbabwe Tea Chicken News, made a week ago before the Movement for Democratic Change withdrew from the Zimbabwe Elections after extensive violence and intimidation, including getting on for 100 killings.

TC and Maud present the ZTV news. Headlines include Mugabe’s speech about war, Biti behind bars, SADC observers say all is well and 3 million face starvation.

It’s been a busy couple of blogging days, so today is a bit lighter - until this evening anyway.

You may remember that last summer I organised a series of guest posts about Health and Safety, including a video called “Safety Nut: Crossing Your Drive Safely“.

Like Blofeld, Safety Nut is back - with this Guide to Health and Safety for painters - Old Masters that is. Watch his hand movements as he says “Rail Sustainability Masterclass” if you can read sign language!