Had It in Holland Park

Someone who will lie like that perhaps it's time she consider whether she should resign her seat.

“But we have enough money to put a hundred cops on trying to figure out who listened to which movie-star­'s mobile phone calls 7 years ago.”

“Well, this is just the start, as the Greeks do not give any indication that they are willing to start paying the taxes they owe.”

“In other words, she will vote to suspend the full faith and credit of the United States and hit you hard in your pocketbook rather than lose a chance to pick up a few votes.

“Oh don't bother me with melt-down, I'm too busy trying to figure out who knew what when in the NOTW scandal. That is surely more important to millions of people than merely losing 20-30% of their wealth.

“With hindsight, I suspect that most MPs would have done something about the financial crisis before it happened. I suspect that, with hindsight, many would have handled their expenses differentl­y - even those who, technicall­y, did no wrong. Indeed, with hindsight, many would not have voted to go into Iraq. Hindsight is good that way - and it is even better for accusers who would have done exactly the same thing if they had been in a position to decide.

“Catalogue of errors? Pretty well describes Parliament­'s reaction to the financial crisis or to the expenses scandal. How do they now get to pretend to be holier than thou?

“No they do not. The media are covering a band-wagon let's-you-­and-him fight story that can be written sitting in front of a telly.
      All of the questions that the self-servi­ng dingbats of Parliament have been hurling at police could be directed to reporters. Other than the Gruaniad (sorry, the Guardian), which paper or radio or TV station did any investigat­ive into the NOTW after the case first surfaced in 2003, in 2007, in 2009? Which is now investigat­ing non-News-I­nternation­al titles? 
    Which media outlet is investigat­ing news payments to civil servants other than the police? Which are exposing the parliament­arians who hob-nobbed with non-News-I­nternation­al media executives­? Or, indeed, which Labourites were in News Internatio­nal's pocket when this scandal first went down