Lord Hanningfield admitted that some of his claims had been made on days whenhedid not go to London and that he always went home at night, but he said he was using the allowance system to recoup his costs - and he claimed he wasn't alone.
He can try to go home, as Obama did last weekend whenhe returned to Chicago, but he will find that bulletins of his every move, moves that for him not so long ago were utterly routine, mundane -- a dinner out, a game of basketball, a haircut -- are relayed around the planet.