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With Susan Boyle second and Julian Smith 3rd! You could see what a strain it was on Susan Boyle, and I can also say that is not the last we ...

Just watching Britain's got talent, and all I can say is that it has. There are so many good acts, including Susan Boyle, Diversity, Jul...

Geoff Hoon has made yet another statement (that I heard on Newsnight) that he has paid all the tax he is liable to pay. As far as I know thi...

Julie Kirkbride is to stand down as an MP at the next election. She was a good MP, but alas her position became untenable. It seems the expe...

Andrew MacKay is to stand down.This is a shame as apparently he was a good MP. On the other hand he had to go. There was simply no other way...

According to the BBC the Speaker of the House of commons Michael Martin is to stand down probably this summer. Wow. Also Douglass Hogg is to...

Or at least the Labour party have. He has been suspended pending an investigation. Well done. The BBC has this .

That is the headline story in the Daily Telegraph today . It is a staggering story. Labour MP and former minister Elliot Morley claimed for ...

I bring you news, via Man Widdicombe , that a new research center into smoking, its affects and how often people smoke has opened in Barnsle...

It has to be said that I have had my head buried in my hands over expenses. At least David Cameron has decisive action on the expenses issue...

No excuses, no defence. Where they are wrong they are wrong. The second home allowance is to pay for what is necessary for conducting parlia...

I am absolutely astounded at the way the Speaker of the cesspit Michael Martin has sought to have a go at MP's who have been expressing ...

Iain Dale suggests here that James Gray, a well known complete and utter **** should have the whip withdrawn for trying to claim back the c...

You may remember that I posted about the petition to get rid of Gordon Brown here , well here is an update. The petition asking Gordon Brown...

Apparently Hazel Blears thinks the expense system is wrong. Well it is the one parliament voted for. We have Hazel Blears claiming a second ...

As indeed many bloggers say, for example politicalbetting has this , Guido has this . Well done Heather, and thank you very much. I don'...

It appears that one mystery over data gone missing has been solved! Hooray! At least we know where that disk with all MP's expenses clai...

Impressive stuff. John Major won the 1992 general election by getting out and talking to real people on his soap box and arguably limited th...

Apparently Jacqui Smith, the alleged Home Secretary has published a list of people who are banned from coming to this country, including Mic...

There is an interesting article on the Telegraph website here that reports a speech by Nigel Inkster. It really does suggest that we only w...