The expenses scandal just keeps getting better and better for David Cameron. No, you read that right. The departure of Andrew Mackay is indeed a grievous loss to the Tory leader’s inner circle and – self-evidently – a grotesque embarrassment. But, by pre-empting press disclosure, it shows that Mr Cameron will not wait for the media to force him into action. It also shows that he is willing to put the public interest before his own narrow personal interest as a party leader in desperate need of accurate intelligence on the Commons from a trusted source. It shows that Dave has the ruthlessness to govern for the nation rather than for the club.
Contrast Gordon. It took days for Hazel Blears to announce she was going to repay some of the disputed funds, having insisted initially that she had done nothing wrong.
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