Rage against the machine, as Britons fume against greedy politicians...

Disgusteds are no longer confined to Tunbridge Wells. Disgusteds line the streets from Salford and Sleaford to Tatton and Oakham. We are all disgusteds now.

The public anger and alienation towards MPs and their extraordinary expenses claims may herald a far-reaching crisis for our political system. But a tour of the constituencies of five Labour and Conservative MPs – Geoff Hoon, George Osborne, Hazel Blears, Alan Duncan and Douglas Hogg – whose expenses claims have been revealed over the past week, turns up a reaction that is far more worrying for the government than the opposition. More...

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