MONEY

David Blunkett M.P. - Gives his girlfriend a train ticket which should have been for his wife’s use.

Reaction - Shock, Horror, Moral Outrage. He can’t possibly keep his job!

Peter Hain M.P. - Lack of appropriate and public accounting for £103,000 in donations to his campaign for deputy leadership.

Reaction - incompetence - being busy isn’t an excuse - just shows how you can’t get good staff nowadays . . . how silly of him to think he had a chance of winning anyway! . . . No-one thinks he’s corrupt but He Really Will Have To Resign! (Soon, probably, we think . . . )

Derek Conway M.P. . . . Employs his son (a university student) and pays him handsomely for work he hasn’t done.

Reaction - Well, the £50,000 involved was less that Peter Hain’s undeclared campaign money.
Perhaps . . . David Cameron should withdraw the whip?
Perhaps . . . Mr Conway shouldn’t stand at the next election?
Perhaps . . . he gave his other son a similar amount . . . Or more?

Me - Totally perplexed and puzzled. When I worked in a factory bakery, anyone caught taking a bun and eating it could be sacked on the spot for theft.