[Tealeaf]

The expenses disclosures are just the beginning....and we still have a way to go before they are complete. Next in line should be the revealing of full details of those MP's who have placed their WAGS, friends and other relations on the public payroll, be it typist or teaboy. A few of those have previously been named - lets see more.

But we can't stop there. Seventy-five percent of legislation affecting England is drawn up and passed in Brussels, with barely a nod from our MP's. That leaves them with an awful lot of time to pass on other matters, and other than completing dodgy expense claims, most do other things. So we need a full list of all their directorships, consultancies, retainer arrangements and lobbying relationships. We then need to know exactly what they have been paid for such moonlighting and we need to know how they have voted in the house and what they have said in committee in respect of these interests. In fact, every MP should not just be publishing his expenses, but he should be publishing a full list of his activities to include daily time sheets on an hour-by-hour basis and a full statement of all his income from whatever scource. And if they don't like it, they can always get another job

That rogue Martin has finally gone, but you can't help thinking MP's are like a gang of masked bank robbers who when collared come out with the proverbial "Society is to blame excuse" and then finger the look-out man. Pathetic.