Or moreprecisely whats not in the press - House of Lords.

[Glenn UK]

Yesterday when getting off the tube at Liverpool St st station i was behind some old lady with suitcase.

Decided to offer some help for which she was very appreciative (no not like that !!!).

Anyway it turned out to be Baroness Williams

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shirley_Williams

We had a good old natter about porters, tfl, etc and the got on to the inevitable expenses row.

She was suitably disgusted and then said that the HoL have kicked out some peers who have been abusing/fiddling their expenses but this has not made the press.

i haven't had time to go have a look, but irrespective of that all i can say is what a nice lady and how interesting she was to talk to, all be it only for a few minutes.

she certainly made my day

Glenn

[Guest]

Re: Or moreprecisely whats not in the press - House of Lords.

It did make the press, albeit briefly. They are Lord Truscott, a former energy minister and Lord Taylor of Blackburn, who were exposed by undercover reporters from the Sunday Times who recorded them saying that they would help to amend a bill in return for a fee.

They hold the dubious honour of being the first peers since 1642 to be punished in this way.

Truscott and Taylor, who were both Labour peers until Truscott resigned from the party last week and Taylor had his membership suspended, both denied wrongdoing. However, the committee for privileges concluded that the evidence against them was conclusive. It would appear therefore, that not only did they fail to act on their personal honour as required by the code of conduct, but they went on to lie about what they had attempted.

Two other peers, also Labour, exposed by the Sunday Times, Lord Moonie and Lord Snape, were asked by the privileges committee to apologise to the house.