re Politicians and sleaze , the local MP is to be complimented for having no income other than from his parlimentary income .
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.../17/nmps17.xml
follow the external link at the bottom of this page and it gives all the outside incomes of Members of Parliament .
the entry for the elected MP of a neighbouring constituancy just shows that some folks don't like to ride at the back of the bus
this post is in no way an endorsement Tony Blair and the present Labour Party Leadership