Last Straw: More Snouts in the Trough?

Dizzy reports that Jack Straw is musing about providing extra expenses under "communication" for MPs - for blogs perhaps? - just as the authorities are expressing alarm at the inconsistencies in existing claims. Also covered by Guido here.

In Aberdeen meanwhile Lib Dems are going to gigs and ligs on the taxpayer and shamelessly stuffing their fat fibbing faces. A rosy cheeked Lib Dem spokesman, without a hint of irony but with more than a hint of free hospitality said: "We go along to see how the place is running - not to munch our way through as much as we can". He shows no signs of malnourishment however.

People in Ecuador seem to have a rather robust recipe (above) for those with their snouts found persistently in the trough. Carpeting is insufficient. They give them a throughgoing roasting that's what.

Manchester residents were pretty amazed at the expenses bill swilled up by the hoaxer Lib Dem Cllr John Leech MP. Already reported to the electoral commission over ridiculous understated expenses in 2005 - with commentators claiming 11 leaflets in one week vs Labour's legal (but as it turned out foolish) one - and under continual criticism for still trousering all his Councillor cash Leech should be at the front of the queue when the roastings are being organised.