And Caroline Spelman's husband is...

Caroline Spelman is waiting for a ruling by the Standards and Privileges committee over payments from expenses to her nanny.

Meanwhile, Tory MEPs over in Brussels have just seen the arrival David Cameron's enforcer, Hugh Thomas, to run the rule over them after the party’s leader and chief whip in Brussels lost their jobs in the fallout from an expenses scandal.

Apart from an unfortunate coincidence of timing, there's been no corssover in the two stories: until now. Turns out that Caroline Spelman's husband Mark is a candidate to be a Tory MEP. He's on the list for the West Midlands, albeit pretty far down at number 5. Yet another reason the grass roots will be delighted with this scandal.

Surely it wont harm his chances if some of the people above him on the list got into difficulties following Thomas's arrival. Perhaps over expenses. But we're quite sure that thought will never have occured to him.

Comments

[david]

Why do the West Midlands need an MEP?Why does the UK need so many MEPs?
Come to thik of it,why do we need so many MPs and Lords?In todays world of Tele/Video conferencing,internet why?.We need at most 200 MPs, and 100 Lords should suffice!With regard to MEPs,the Goverment should have 3,the leading opposition 2 and the LibDems 1[they will always be the third party.]I watched an important debate in the House,mid week? & on one side 4 on the other,2 others?