Politics, it seems, is all about lies and hypocrisy. British Prime Minister, Gordon Brown is under fire for the scandal over claims made by members of parliament for expenses. The Conservative Leader, David Cameron scents blood and repeatedly asks Mr. Brown to call a general election. From his performance at Prime Minister's Question Time in the Commons one would be forgiven for thinking that Tory MPs are squeaky clean and reluctantly claimed only the barest expenses. Nothing can be further from the truth. The list of Tory MP's claims published by the Telegraph show that Tories were just as greedy and twotiming as Labour. Tories claimed for cleaning swimming pools, horse manure and even a love seat. One Tory who owns 24 houses claimed over 100,000 pounds as expenses for a second home. Such expenses claims must have been going on for decades under various prime ministers and with everyone's hands in the till it is hard to understand why Brown is being singled out for approbrium. It is his bad luck that the scam has been exposed at this time. However Brown should be made to pay the price, not for the expenses scam, but for the state of the economy. He was Chancellor of the Exchequer for 10 years and did nothing to regulate the excesses of the financial sector. He allowed bankers to claim huge bonuses, companies to evade taxes by registering in low tax countries and privatised utilities increasing household bills. Yet he is being acclaimed for his bold financial rescue plan. The Tories should circumspect before shouting for a general election because even if they win they will be illegitimate only 25% of voters turn out. As they say, when you are in a hole stop digging.