Telegraph Flipping Pergola-Gate Affair: Troughing Tories

And about bloody time too. The Telegraph has started on the Troughing Tories HERE, though I'd say Alan Duncan's attempts to disguise the sources of support for his extra-parliamentary office expenses (cf George GOO Osborne) are probably a good deal worse than pushing the boat out on shrinking violets and bashful wallflowers.

Perhaps now would be a good time to drag some of that kind of Tory sleaze back into the fray? While the general gaming of the ACA or SHA seems to be a non-partisan affair the receiving of secret, then reluctantly declared donations for "The Office Of XYZ" seemed to be a Tory exclusive.

Time for the Commons authorities to speed the whole thing up and get as much information out into the public domain as possible. The Mail on Sunday incidentally had stories about two senior Commons employees which, if they really stand up, have some potential to embarrass.

Almost looks as if the need for humble belief in a divine has been replaced by a requirement for super soar away belief in mammon for the parliamentary freemasons.

UPDATE 00:34: The Telegraph's live alphabetical jump page features the Sinn Fein five - listed in full with the same rubric - no less than five times. Fairs fair. But still no sign of the senior Lib Dem worried enough to ask Clogg for absolution before the fact.

If you had to guess. Forced to respond. Which senior and no doubt serially sanctimonious* Lib Dem would you most expect to be the one with the bad conscience? * Though not necessarily on matters of troughing, and less so perhaps, post-Michael-Brown, on donations.