Government orders info on would-be MPs
Should this be something to worry about or note? The Government has got a public affairs agency - linked to a Labour minister - to compile information on Parliamentary candidates and which party may win which seats?
The documents prepared by Connect Public Affairs and released by the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) make very interesting reading.
There are two run downs of Prospective Parliamentary Candidates (PPCs), the latest being from last April and November - and any link to the expenses scandal. It also suggests who will win the seat.
Now, is that something that a Government department should be worrying about?
But then it gets even more weird. There is a run down on movers within the Cabinet in July last year.
It suggests then Communities Secretary Hazel Blears could get the boot. But oddly, a lot of it seems to have just been taken out of the papers - anyone could have done that pretty easily.
Of course, Ms Blears was in charge when this memo was prepared while Rosie Winterton - while Rosie Winterton - who founded Connect Public Affairs - became local government minister at the DCLG in June last year.
The admissions are linked to the briefing document for the Audit Commission about Tory plans to radically overall the local government spending watchdog.
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Just another unpleasant smell to add to the stench emanating from the "Mother of all Parliaments".