- Conservative MP Nadine Dorries says her blog was ‘70% fiction’ – The Guardian. Surely the weirdest successful defence against expense allegations we’ll see.
- Two Labour and one cross-bench peer have been suspended for breaking expense rules.
- David Cameron’s former aide Andrew MacKay has been told to apologise for breaking expense rules (he and his wife have already repaid £60,000).
- And finally – earlier today we covered the story of John Hemming and the kidnapped cat. It’s a serious story, but here is the cute kitten photo.
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