The new Parliamentary watchdog IPSA has just announced that the names of any MP it investigates for misconduct will be kept secret.
Well - that's just what happens to you or me if the police investigate us, or we're taken to court, isn't it?
The old watchdog - the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards - was quite open about his investigations, see this public log of inquiries. Sadly, he has been told to stop taking new cases.
This means that, if Denis McShane and Margaret Moran get nicked, and David Wilshere stays ill, Bill Wiggin will be the last MP to be investigated under a transparent process.
What d'you mean you've forgotten what he's being investigated for? Hang on a mo, so have I: let's have a quick shufti.
'AN EXPENSES ACCOUNT' Jim Miller's adventures in the banana republic of Nth Herefordshire leominsterindependent@live.co.uk
