Somebody's pissed at the government of the UK. First Tony Blair does his best imitation of a cocker spaniel in that George Michael video that nobody's supposed to be watching, then they get charged more to play Halo than Americans do-- and in the end, they get cheated out of having their own tournament.
At least, that's the view presented by UK4HALO, a site that seeks to petition Microsoft to have a UK-based Halo tournament. All except for the Tony Blair thing, that's just me reading between the lines.
Thomas Bottrill tipped off HBO, which is where we saw the item.