MP Watch

With the fall from grace of so many MPs in the last few months, and a media appetite that finally seems to be focused on exposing them not unlike the weekly drip, drip, drip of similar stories during John Major's premiership, I thought I'd start a rolling list of those exposed as unfit to hold office. This will cover all parties, will be updated regularly and will be much helped by others sending me recommendations for the list. Here it is so far:

Labour

Ed Balls - Fiddling his expenses

Dawn Butler - Utter incompetence and failing in her job as a whip, as well as making the taxpayer pay for a second home only 11 miles away from her own

Gordon Brown - Utter incompetence and making the UK bankrupt

Harry Cohen - Fiddling full ACA whilst claiming his main home is really a caravan in Colchester

Yvette Cooper - Fiddling her expenses

Alistair Darling - Stealing from the taxpayer by claiming ACA for 2nd home whilst another already in London

Nigel Griffiths - Adultery, lying and using his taxpayer funded Commons office for sex romps

Peter Hain - ‘Forgetting' to register £100k of Deputy Leadership campaign funding

Harriet Harman - General vacuousness and financial ineptitude when running for Deputy Leader

Ann Keen - Claiming double rations of expenses with her husband

Alan Keen - Claiming double rations of expenses with his wife

Ruth Kelly - Utter incompetence when a minister

David Lammy - Utterly incompetent and completely out of his depth

Tony McNulty - Stealing from the taxpayer by fiddling his expenses (ACA 2nd home for parents)

Sion Simon - Utter incompetence and completely out of his depth

Jacqui Smith - Stealing from the taxpayer by fiddling her expenses (ACA for her actual family home whilst pretending to live with her sister) and for incorrectly claiming for porn films for her husband (paid £40k by the taxpayer as her assistant)

Keith Vaz - Endless dodgy behaviour and still having the brass neck to try and be taken seriously


Tories

Michael Ancram - Stealing from the taxpayer to fund repainting and moss removal on his family home

Chris Grayling - Stealing from the taxpayer by claiming ACA for a flat he rarely uses

Eric Pickles - Stealing from the taxpayer by claiming ACA when he clearly shouldn't (although within the rules) and arrogantly trying to justify it on Question Time

Caroline Spelman - Stealing from the taxpayer to pay for her nanny


Lib Dems

Charles Kennedy - Drunkedness

Mark Oaten - Bi-sexual adultery

Lembit Opik - Just for being an attention seeking prat


Others

Gerry Adams - Other than being an ex-terrorist, stealing from the British taxpayer by claiming allowances from a Parliament he refuses to visit

Derek Conway - Out and out theft from the taxpayer to pay for his son’s university drugs, sex and rock and roll lifestyle

George Galloway - Appearing on Big Brother during Parliamentary session

Andrew Pelling - Adultery, alleged wife beating and having the arrogant effrontery to try and keep his seat

Update - Forgot Charles Kennedy and Mark Oaten!