Labour’s recently promoted rent-a-quote Lisa Nandy has got into expenses bother before, so Guido is always keen to keep an eye on what she is up to with our money. Contrary to IPSA rules she seems to be openly flouting the ban on First Class travel. Almost every train ticket that she has claimed has been for First Class. Guido wonders what the people of Wigan will make of that…

While there is a loophole that says if a pre-booked First Class ticket is cheaper then that is fine, but Nandy seems to have been buying the tickets at different rates. A pre-booked First Class can be got for £36, yet many of her claims are for £77. The occasional standard ticket has been claimed for £44…

Guido put in a call to one extremely grumpy and rude Nandy staffer who didn’t seem too keen to chat: “We don’t know, I don’t know, I don’t book her travel. What’s you number? I might get her to call you back.” Needless to say the call never came, perhaps Nandy had a train to catch.