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Given how central Gavin Shuker was in launch of TIG, according to the excellent reports from @stephenkb & others, we may want to add Margaret Moran's taxpayer funded seaside home redecoration to Eric Joyce's barfights in the list of seemingly petty events with large consequences
@stephenkb Moran's was one of the biggest stories in the 2009 expenses scandal - she submitted more than £50k in expenses claims, including tens of thousands to redecorate a seaside home she claimed as her second home (it was in Southampton, she was MP for Luton South)
@stephenkb Shuker was selected by the local party to replace Moran. If she had been a little less free with the expenses, then he wouldn't have been elected to the Commons.
