Yeah, I mean I think that one of the reasons why people are so angry about all these revelations about MP's expenses is that they feel powerless, and they now think that MP's are going to act as judge and jury on their own failings.
But in my view the really abusive thing that has emerged in the revelations over the last week is this tendency for some MP's to so-called 'flip' where they go from one home to the other and they transform themselves from MP's into sharp-suited property speculators doing up homes, selling them for a personal profit and then going onto the next property.
Liberal Democrat MP Norman Baker, whose parliamentary questions lit the fuse that led to Mr Mandelson's resignation, called on Sir Anthony's inquiry to also look at events following the Hartlepool MP's resignation.
Her claim is perhaps given further resonance by today's loyalist protest outside the Alliance MP's office.
But someone barely out of his or her teens who's been nothing more than another MP's dogsbody, or a 'special adviser, ' or a local government official, is likely to be a pushover.
And that's why I think that for those MP's who've clearly been shown, proved to do something wrong, particularly those that are then suspended in the House of Commons, there should be a mechanism where a small number of people in the constituency can say, "I don't want this MP to carry on serving me".
Former opponents, such as the Conservative's Peter Lilley and Labour's Gerald Kaufmann, are sponsoring Sally Keeble MP's Ten Minute Bill today.
Mr Woodward's father-in-law, former Tory MP and minister Sir Timothy Sainsbury, issued a statement expressing his regret at the MP's decision to leave the party, but sympathising with his views on Europe.
Meanwhile, following Austin Mitchell MP's attack on Labour's campaign against Mr Livingstone on Wednesday, fellow Labour MP Bob Marshall-Andrews has also said it was wrong to launch an onslaught against the Brent East MP.
But the whole business of whips and rebels set me to pondering an MP's duties.
Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt said the MP's plans could prove "an interesting way forward for community hospitals".
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It comes a week after an order temporarily stopped the Guardian reporting details of an MP's parliamentary question.
It was discovered at the East Belfast MP's constituency office at Belmont Avenue in the city on Monday.
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So the uncomfortable truth is that I think these revelations about MP's expenses is just the tip of the iceberg.
The MP's second child is due in May and most of her maternity leave will take in Parliament's summer recess.
MPs have overwhelmingly rejected a Tory MP's bid to pave the way for a referendum on the UK's EU membership.
But under government plans it is not possible for an MP's constituents to instigate the "recall" process to force a by-election.
Conservative David Hall, deputy leader at Somerset County Council, echoed the MP's sentiments calling it "an exciting time" and a "huge opportunity".
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The resulting furore put Sir Paul into the media spotlight and left politicians outraged at the search of the MP's Commons office.
The Labour MP's motion called on the government to "review its approach to open justice, in particular the use of intercept evidence".
Following an investigation into the MP's conduct, the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards found Mr Laws had made multiple and serious breaches of the rules.
Of course some people would say well voters can sack their MP's at election time, but you'd like them to be able to go further.
Somerset County Council has declined to comment over the MP's speech.
Ms Moran said the claims were approved by the Commons authorities but has agreed to repay the money in light of public concerns about MP's expenses.
All three main parties at Westminster say the issue of abortion is one for each MP's conscience, rather than one where there is a party-wide policy.
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In the light of the former Strangford MP's comments to Gareth Gordon I wondered whether history would have taken a different course if he had beaten David Trimble.
"A stunning body blow" for William Hague is how The Observer describes the MP's departure, while The Sunday Times talks of a "mood of crisis" among senior Conservatives.
I've already insisted that Liberal Democrat MP's pay money back.
The Yorkshire MP's proposals provoked tens of thousands of people to post comments on the Facebook and Twitter sites of Look North, his local BBC regional TV news programme.
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