"I'm appalled", says Gordon Brown

Fine words. Listen to his "outrage". It would be a lot better if he had spoken more candidly about his own use of expenses, the cleaning bill for example. That's probably why he sounds so nervous when talking about other MPs and their claims. Standards in public life? He wants a "complete clean-up of the political system" but a cleaning bill amount to over £6,000. They say charity begins at home. So should honesty and transparency.

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