Remember how promising things sounded in the wake of the Derek Conway affair last year? All the party leaders had basically the same message – This Can’t Happen Again – but it was Cameron who refined it into something of a driving philosophy, with his talk of a “new politics” which stands against the political class. Sadly, that talk faded as the year progressed, and it became more and more likely that we’d never see the full publication of MPs expenses.
With the discovery today that Gordon Brown has – disgracefully – imposed a three line whip on Labour MPs to vote for a block on the full publication of expenses, it’s time for the Tories to reheat that “new politics” message. To be fair to Cameron, the political will certainly seems to be there – Tory MPs will be whipped to vote against the block (as will the Lib Dems).
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