The Legg report on MPs expenses has just been published and most of the MPs with the biggest amount to pay back are Tories. The Press Association says

“ The largest sums ordered to be repaid by sitting MPs - after appeals are taken into account - were £42,458 by Barbara Follett (Lab, Stevenage), £36,909 by Bernard Jenkin (Con, North Essex), £31,193 by Andrew Mackay (Con, Bracknell), £29,398 by John Gummer (Con, Suffolk Coastal), £29,243 by Julie Kirkbride (Con, Bromsgrove) and £24,878 by Liam Fox (Con, Woodspring).”

So of the top 6 worst offenders 5 were Tories. I’ve always wondered how Cameron has managed to spin that this is more of a Labour issue when it is obvious that the Tories have some of the worst examples of troughing, swimming pools, moats duck houses etc.

Tory MP Anthony Steen claimed for “a flagpole rope and binding”!