Cameron capitalises on crisis

David Cameron has just done a very good job of capitalising on the crisis of confidence in MPs, as the Daily Telegraph has revealed more and more details. Cameron has:

• Said sorry
• Called some claims unethical and wrong
• Has ordered several members of his Shadow Cabinet to pay back some expenses
• Has set up a panel to scrutinise the expense claims of every Conservative MP and decide if any claim should be refunded
• Any Conservative MP that does not pay back a claim as ordered, will be expelled from the party
• All future expense claims will be published online so the public can scrutinise them
• Is banning his MPs from flipping houses (this has caused most of the rorts – swapping their second home to be the one that needs work done on it)
• forcing his MPs to pay capital gains tax on any sale of a house where the taxpayer has paid for mortgage interest
• banning future claims for furniture, household goods or food (as is case in NZ basically)

I’d say the next election is now home and hosed.