davywavy | You didn't expect me not to comment on this did you?

So the Home Secretary inadvertantly submitted an expenses claim whic included her husband downloading smut. Ever quick off the gun when it comes to self-publicity, I see that Playboy TV is offering their latest marketing gimmick - the "Jacqui Smith VIP package"

It's somewhat amusing to realise that, when the histories of early twenty-first century British politics are written, the secretive hand-shandy shenanigans of Home Secretary Jacqui Smith's husband will not only be included, but they'll be the fact that every single student will remember. A bit like Stephen Milligan and the orange, really.
Still, what is doubtless a minor accounting error is gleefully causing all kinds of comical headlines, but in these straightened times I think we shouldn't make too much of it. After all, drawing attention to the fact that Jacqui's husband felt the need to investigate ladies in the altogether on television when he has hot and cold running Jacqui on tap 24/7 is just an attempt to shuffle attention away from the state of global finances. To palm-off responsibility in this way isn't acceptable - it's just an attempt to beat off press attention. A veritable tissue of misdirection, no less. We should just let the government get on with the job in hand. It's not like the Home Secretary can solve the nations problems single-handed, you know, and I'm sure her husband is a strong right-hand man. To toss off cheap jokes at a time like this is just irresponsible, and so I won't be doing so.

And I won't be laughing about it at all.