Britain’s Labour Party debacle…

If the woes of Gordon Brown’s Labour Party in Merry Olde  are of interest  to you,  bookmark Ian Dale’s  blog and the Conservative Home blog.    Both are very well written by people who thoroughly understand the territory.

By the way,  if you haven’t been keeping up with the genesis of the mess,  a newspaper got hold of information on what the politicians have been charging British taxpayers for,  including  cleaning the moat of a country estate,  and pornography.

What you may not know is that American politicians nearly all go on an  end-of-year buying spree rather than have a few unspent pennies in their taxpayer-funded office accounts be returned to the Treasury.    Speaker Pelosi has decreed that House members expense reports be put on line by August 1st.    Of course,  they will be in  PDF format and thus not searchable,  but we are assured that they are “looking into” ways to make them so.    I wouldn’t hold my breath on that last part,   since that is how Democrats prevent bills from being searched.    I believe  Dr. Coburn will offer similar legislation for the Senate.