The LDV 2×2 Daily View (13/05/09)

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The LDV 2×2 Daily View (13/05/09)

By Alix Mortimer | Wed 13th May 2009 - 9:12 am

2 Big stories

Look, mum, we’re in the papers! And not in a good way. So far, the Lib Dems’ expense revelations in the Telegraph are pretty small beer, on the whole – but we’re not content with that, are we?

Meanwhile, in the blue corner, David Cameron is getting tough on the same issue. What I’d have given to be a fly on the wall in the meetings he had yesterday. Ever seen a man with a moat get a bollocking? Me neither, alas.

2 Must-read blog posts

The new all-singing, all-dancing Liberal Vision blog reckons it knows who should run the new MPs expenses audit body. Their choices have proved – how to put this – controversial…

Peter Black AM isn’t pulling nearly as many punches as some of his Westminster colleagues. He reckons Michael Martin has had his chance – and now it’s time to go.

Read more by Alix Mortimer or more about david cameron, liberal vision or peter black.
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One Comment

Letters From A Tory 13th May '09 - 9:52am

I must admit I wasn’t expecting Ming Campbell to be one of the worst offenders. He is generally held in high regard by all the parties, but this was not a good day to be him.

And perhaps Cameron threatened anyone with a moat that he’d throw them into it if they didn’t pay back their expenses? Punishment fitting the crime and all that.