MPs expenses - LibDem non-response

Nick Clegg, the leader of the Liberal Democrat party in case you haven't been keeping up, appeared on the BBC this morning to tell us why we should vote for his party. With the current news this turned into a Q&A on expenses and the now ring-less Susanna Reid asked what with the leaks about Labour and Conservative expenses were their going to be any embarrassments for the LibDems?

Clegg's answer "We don't know what the newspaper will print in the future"

Wrong answer, that's 'Yes our members have been claiming for stuff we don't think they should but it depends if the newspapers find out about it or print it'

The answer that would have raised my respect would have been something along the lines of 'Our party rules state that members should only claim that which they feel they should in order to do their jobs, and it's up to an individual's own conscience to determine that.'

See don't blame the party blame the individual whom we treat as an adult capable of making their own decisions. But nope we get a weasel and then he tried to point out that the LibDems tried to get the rules sorted ages ago and blah blah blah.

Once again - the rules aren't a problem it's the people to whom they apply.

Oh and as per my previous article I'm colour-mapping the UK as per 07/08 expense claims with info taken from TheyWorkForYou, I'm about half-way done and it's done my geographic knowledge of the UK no end of good.