According to Westminster gossip, it would appear that the information regarding Jacqui Smith's claim for film packages, that was released to the media, has come from within her own office.

Over the weekend, I took part in six radio interviews regarding MPs' expenses.
Radios 2, 4 and 5 Live. The last being a long interview on the Vanessa Feltz show a couple of hours ago.
Every time I listened to rather than spoke on the radio, I heard Douglas Carswell  , Tom Harris  , Tim Montgomerie  or  Iain Dale  . All bloggers.

A couple of years ago, the commentators would have been members of the cabinet. So what are they doing now, whilst we bloggers provide the commentary? No wonder I'm exhausted. We bloggers are running the country :)

In all the interviews over the last 48 hours, almost every interviewer has wanted to know what I do with my private time.

I’m not saying. What I do in the little weekend and holiday time I have off is my business. It’s private and without my privacy, I would probably go insane.

However, I feel mean. So, here’s what I did this weekend. I sat in front of this:

And with the best of friends I listened to this   …

Drank lots of red wine and slept with someone called Digger, who kept rubbing his nose in my tummy.
Good job I’m a bit dippy about Jack Russells and didn’t have the heart to chuck him out of bed!