Send the Home Secretary to jail

Peter Oborne makes his views on Jacqui Smith's second home fairly plain in the Mail this morning.

She is no more than a common thief he maintains.

it is little more than a common scam

he says adding that

if any of the civil servants who work under Jacqui Smith were caught trying the same stunt, they'd be arrested and sent to jail. So would any of the policemen under her charge.

Whilst I would not quite go the extremes of the Mail,Smith has once again made a grave misjudgement,especially at this time of economic hardship and the current arguments about bank bonuses.

She has of course done nothing legally wrong but morally it is incorrect.Labour has enough on its plate