Last updated at 10:26 PM on 10th November 2008
Jack Straw is the latest leading Labour light to become embroiled in a backhander scandal. He is facing an official investigation into a ?3,000 donation from an international energy firm.
The bung, courtesy of a Texan outfit called Canatxx (which sounds like some kind of ointment for embarrassing skin disorders), was not declared in either the Commons' register of MPs' interests or the Electoral Commission's list of donations to parties.
It went towards paying for a dinner to celebrate Straw's 25 years as an MP. My invitation must have got lost in the post.
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