So David Cameron is scared of finding a good school for his children?

Well Mr Cameron, you are now facing the realities that every London parent has to when facing the same dilema. I certainly hope that you don’t go down the path of choosing a fee paying school.

Doing so will not look good and will definately alienate you from average london voters.

Sorry been rather quiet for a while. Been busy with promotion at work and with stuff to do with red cross.

However I am now back, albeit suffering from a server crash!

Will be updating soon.

Yes, there have been no updates for a little while – promotion at work, taking some time to spend away from politics and with my partner and a very intensive course I completed with the Red Cross.

However, now I am back and am drafting up some articles at the moment.

Keep watching this space . . .

I have just been on LBC 97.3 talking to Iain Dale re this – in my opinion, yes he should have as he was not entitled to the expenses.

As one of Iain’s bloggers on his election night show, I was commentating on David’s resignation from a social media point of view. It has been interesting to note the number of Labour Twitterers who are condeming his expenses claims (although they have short memories re their own MP’s expenses claims) and conversely, the number of Tory twitterers who are supporting David and expressing their sorrow in his decision to resign.

Would the position be different if Labour and LibDem where in a coalition? Probably they would be singing a different song, but this is politics and they are making what little gains they can.

David Laws did the right thing in referring his expenses to the Parliamentary Standards Commisioner as from 2006, the regulations governing second homes expenses changed and he was no longer entitled to claim this particular expense.

The ‘outing’ of David was unfortunate. Should this have happened? No. His sexuality has nothing to do with his ability to perform as an MP and I feel that private life is just that – private.

It would appear that he will probably be back in the cabinet in the near future though. I think he has retained the confidence of his peers (within the coalition that is – not sure about the Labour MP’s- they are too busy trying to find a new leader, god help us!)

As for any MP’s who end up in the same position as David Laws – look, listen and learn. There is NO room for expenses scandals in this government and any other MP’s should follow his example and stand down from their cabinet/shadow cabinet positions.

Iain Dale has revealed an ‘exclusive’ on his blog tonight (although a fair few of us had wind of this a day or so ago) in that Sir Menzies Campbell is mounting a campaign to secure the position of Speaker of the House.

Ming has let it be known that he is willing to be included as a possible alternative to Bercow in an email due to be sent out to all MPs tomorrow morning by Labour MP Kate Hoey and Conservative MP Nadine Dorries.

Will he win? There is certainly a lack of support in the current Speaker, although will the House have the courage to firstly rebel against him (life for any member who does and the bid is unsuccessful would be difficult when the speaker was returned to office) and secondly, does the House want a LibDem as the Speaker?

I certainly would like to see a LibDem as the Speaker of the House, if for nothing more than to redress the balance and provide an opportunity for us to exercise some control over the day to day business of the House.

I for one will be watching the outcome with interest.