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Sir Thomas Legg about to send out letters

A slightly lightweight but nevertheless poignantly acerbic little morsel on ConservativeHome.

I understand the anger about expenses but really, isn’t reforming the system enough? My father says that there are four motivating emotions for humans – greed, fear, lust and jealousy. It’s clear to me that this story is not so much about the moral rectitude of MPs but about the newspapers manipulating the latter of these emotions to shore up their own shaky position and lure readers back off the internet.

Please don’t go – it only encourages them.