A few days ago Dizzy Thinks spotted an oddity in the expense claims of Hull North Labour MP Diana Johnson: At the end of the detailed, albeit censored claims, provided on the Parliamentary website, is an invoice to the tune of £1,654 for “delivery of a leaflet in Hull North Constituency during September and October 2007″. Looks legit

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This one was new to me: The Institute of Race Relations. Half their income is from The Big Lottery and the Heritage Lottery Fund (heck knows why they split it up like that) and the other half appears to be legit (see note 7, page 13 of their 2008 accounts). I'm also rather disappointed to report that Global Cool have finally submitted their September 2007 accounts (after a year and a half) an...

I can’t say I’m shedding tears for Fred Goodwin, in wake of the attempt to kickstart the economy by providing employment to glaziers, but David Osler is quite correct in his assessment of the way forward: If it’s legit to brick a window, why not firebomb some bankers’ upmarket pad while he is off on