Gordon has his snout in the taxpayer's funded trough
Expenses of party leaders revealed - Telegraph
Gordon Brown will today admit that the taxpayer has paid his grocery bills in the past, and David Cameron will reveal he has claimed tens of thousands in mortgage bills for his constituency home.
The information will be disclosed by the House of Commons Speaker, who has finally agreed to release some detailed information about MPs' expenses....
The release of the information will prove highly embarrassing to Tony Blair and John Prescott, who both claimed tens of thousands of pounds in expenses despite having lavish grace-and-favour properties....
The revelation that Mr Brown has claimed for food was seized upon last night by campaigners who are pushing for a clampdown on MPs' expenses.
The committee charged with reviewing the system conceded earlier this week that the system which allows MPs to claim up to £400 a month for groceries may be unacceptable.
Last night, Mark Wallace, the campaign director of the TaxPayers' Alliance, said: "It is amazing that a man earning well over £100,000 a year felt the need to make taxpayers pay his grocery bill as well."
Yea Gods, I didn't realise we were literally as well as metaphorically paying for the swill these pigs eat.