Malik milking the system!

Fancy a home cinema system courtesy of the taxpayer? Well, you can get half the cost of one if you are an MP and go to the Fees Office to tell them you need it for helping your constituents get out of the economic mess they're in!

Shahid Malik is a complete fool. He represents Dewsbury, a town where the BNP is targeting him and the Labour vote. Did he think for one minute that his dodgy claims for lavish living would remain a secret for ever? His antics have just given them the finest ammunition they could have wished for. Is he a political masochist?

And he's another MP in trouble with his local council. He had claimed £65 for a court summons for not paying council tax. But his main mistake was getting mixed up with a slum landlord and making sure he milked the second home allowance for all it was worth.

The Daily Telegraph has done a good job in exposing this sorry tale of spin and corruption.