What a surprise

So the police are not going to investigate Lords flogging off amendments to the highest, or indeed any, bidder and the fact that one of the great ministries of state, the Home Office, is run from the back bedroom of a terraced house in South London is all perfectly above board . . . and presumably lodging.

I am sure that Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will be helping President Obama from her bedsit with a shared phone and bathroom somewhere in downtown Washington as I write.

So with MPS and the Lords controlling the switch, vote flogging and creative accounting on expenses has been given the green light.

But just in case you are starting to think MPs and Lords are beyond the law - which they make of course - try revealing any information that embarrasses the Government and see how quickly you get your collar felt - just ask Damian Green.