As more and more revelations about UK MP’s expense claims come to light, it is becoming rather apparent that the fiddling and ‘culture of abuse’ is both widespread and long standing. There is talk of trying to initiate a criminal investigation to find out who leaked the details of the MP’s expenses. Errr, shouldn’t that be a criminal investigation into …

According to some reports, three Labour backbench MP’s have been put on ‘suicide watch’ by Labour whips and four ministers have apparently hinted they might have to resign. What on earth could cause such a state of affairs?