Dear Reader...

Don't get me wrong. I'm glad that Ken is gone and think it mildly ironic that the unelected quango established by Labour brought down their only remaining popular politician, however, don't get me wrong, the standards board is bad, bad, bad.

I wonder who had the lightning bolt flash of inspiration to create it - actually... forget that. Everybody knows, because only Labour would choose to put bureaucrats in the postition that should be occupied by the ordinary voter.

Ken behaved badly, and yes he probably would have got away with it (the voters, even tories, love it when he plays up) however, to put in place a system that says a quango can chuck an elected politician out of power is a crying shame - even Ken.

William Rees Mogg says it best with this article in TheTimes - read more.