Ann Treneman wrote on Thursday…“… as I watched Mr Laws, repelling insults, attacking foes, placating friends, bursting with confidence, I began to wonder if he was made of some impervious material such as Kryptonite.”

Ann Treneman wrote on Thursday…

“… as I watched Mr Laws, repelling insults, attacking foes, placating friends,

bursting with confidence, I began to wonder if he was made of some impervious

material such as Kryptonite.”

+ + + Danny Alexander Appointed Treasury Chief Secretary + + +

UPDATE : Michael Moore is the new Scottish Secretary.

Who is James Lundie?

Now revealed publicly as David Laws boyfriend, James Lundie is a director at spin-merchants Edelman, he is a former adviser to both Charles Kennedy and Paddy Ashdown when they were respectively leaders of the Liberal Democrats. Laws says that“James and I are intensely private people … We made the decision to keep our relationship private and believed that was our right. Clearly that cannot now remain the case.”

It was widely known in Westminster that David Laws was gay, some years ago he dared a tabloid paper to justify threatening to out him, he didn’t make an issue of his sexuality. Laws should have known better than to rip the taxpayer off for rent paid to his boyfriend, it doesn’t just look bad, it is bad. In the coming tough times on public spending it will not play well that he milked the expenses system. Using the “we wanted our privacy” line doesn’t really wash when it comes to public money.

Theresa May Looks FAB in Her ‘Thunderbirds’ Jacket – Mail
Why I’m Not Standing for Labour Leader – This Time – Yvette Cooper
David Laws’s Sacrifice Saves the ‘New Politics’ – Matthew d’Ancona
What’s the Point of Sunny Hundal?- Harry’s Place
David Laws, His Secret Lover and a £40,000 Claim – Telegraph