Time for a clean up?

I'm surprised there hasn't been more focus on the expenses scandal in the bumf I've received so far this electiontide. This weekend I got quite a fancy leaflet from the Lib Dems (fancy in that in folds in an interesting, concertina sort of a way) titled 'Time for a clean up?'

It lists some headlines about how naughty Labour and the Tories were in the expenses scandal (I'd like to check the details of the news stories for veracity but time doesn't permit), and goes on to say that when the Lib Dems put forward plans to clean up Westmister, "Labour and Conservative MPS voted them down".

"We deserve much better than this," they say.

Verdict

I'm going to let the Lib Dems have this one. Yes, it's the same old same old playground politics, but I think they earned themselves a bit of smugness in the expenses scandal and they're spending it now. However I fear that we may all realise soon that comparing an opposition party with the government is a bit like comparing your to-do list from this morning with a list of things you actually did today.