MPs expenses revealed and not many dead

So the Commons have finally shown a bit of leg on expenses, after waiting until the last possible moment they released details of the expenses of around a dozen prominent MPs. And guess what: it's a;; fine. No screaming headlines tomorrow as far as I can tell. Amusement over Gordon's cleaning bill and Prezza's food bill and size of the Cameron/Osborne mortgage interest claims, but frankly the world hasn't stopped turning.

So why, Mr Speaker, spend tens of thousands of pounds and three years trying to fight to it?

Comments

[David MacLean]

For the same reason most local authorities are refusing other similar requests - because it sets a precedent.
No headlines this time, but if someone bungs an FOI in now, or five years time, for the latest payments, then there might be.

[Bryan Davies]

"So why Mr. Speaker........." Because we have only just scratched the surface.

[James Davenport]

Umm... Mr Speaker's not interested in what these MPs' claims reveal - he's worried about what HIS expenses claims will reveal.

Release these and there's no reason not to release his.

I'd give him til the end of the summer recess, if that...