HOLD the front page! The expenses crisis has even hit Parliament’s own school magazine, which is distributed to all MPs and members of the House of Lords.Read
THOSE who can claim credit for the Speaker’s decision to resign include Sir Patrick Cormack (Con Staffordshire South), who surprised colleagues by comparing Mr Martin to failed wartime Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain, the former Lord Mayor of Birmingham.Read
* CREDIT where it’s due to John Hemming (Lib Dem Yardley), the MP who admitted he may have wrongly claimed expenses for food during the summer holidays.Read
Most horror stories about MPs’ expenses have become public because receipts were published by the media. Mr Hemming, pictured, chose to go public with misgivings about the money he has received.Read
WINNING a debate in the House of Commons isn’t always about what you say. The complicated rules mean that you sometimes achieve victory simply by talking for long enough.Read
