Some jokes write themselves...

[Sundae]

Interesting, but - like all journalism - makes sweeping assumptions and pretends they're facts.

Some say - always the comfortably off, the privileged and elite - that the exposure of MPs expenses has fundamentally damaged British democracy. That the focus on claims for 5p Ikea bags, manure, moats and bathplugs is prurient, and more about public curiosity than public interest.

No. I say that too.

It's only the bourgeois who think that.

No, I say that too.

The point is that if public servants can't spend their expenses with prudence, how can we have faith they will spend billions of our taxes wisely on larger projects?

Do I trust someone who has worked the expenses within the given rules to look after the minutae of my money? Yes I do. I am the Worst Person With Money in the World. It's true, Monster gave me a prize. I've run Christmas Clubs, petty cash and Grand National sweepstakes. Not one penny has been unaccounted for.

This story has done more to engage the public in politics than any screwy government initiative.

Brits like to moan. And they like to focus on the second word in the phrase public servant. And they like scandal. End of.