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Champagne for expenses spotters

 
The recycling at Conservative Party conference this year

After the MPs' duck houses, moats, faux Tudor beams and porn video claims last time round - will any of today's expenses reach the same embarrassing heights?

We are scouring thousands of pages of claims and receipts from 2008 to 2009 as quickly as we can but we are also opening the floor to you. Send us the funniest, stingiest, or outright weirdest expenses claim you find and we will reward the best entry with a bottle of Champagne.

We will contact the winner by e-mail if you enter it in the comments form below.

Poll: worst train station problems

A report on the state of Britain's railway stations today calls for a £50 million government cash injection to improve the worst stations. Which of the many issues affecting our stations do you think need to be targeted most urgently?

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An Obama 'shout out' too far?

We interrupt this broadcast to bring you the President's thoughts on the attack at Fort Hood. . .

Except, Barack Obama did not seem to realise the news networks were relaying his remarks live to the nation. Before moving on to the shooting, he offered his thanks to the people organising the event and offered a "shout out" to someone in the audience.

Right-wing bloggers are fuming at his "crass insensitivity". Some are comparing Mr Obama's words to President Bush continuing to read My Pet Goat to a class of children as he heard about the 9/11 attacks.

What do you think?

Poll: Obama one year on

President Obama was elected President on November 4, 2008. Twelve months later, has he achieved more or less than you expected?

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Poll: President Blair?

After furious behind-the-scenes campaigning and public appeals from Gordon Brown and David Miliband, are you glad Tony Blair's bid for the EU presidency has run into trouble?

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Poll: give up meat to save the planet?

Methane from cattle farms is a major contributor of greenhouse gas

Lord Stern, author of the influential Stern Report on global warming, told The Times today that people would need to consider turning vegetarian if the world is to conquer climate change.

"Meat is a wasteful use of water and creates a lot of greenhouse gases," he said. "It puts enormous pressure on the world's resources. A vegetarian diet is better."

Are you willing to give up steak for the sake of the health of the world?

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What did you think of the Nick Griffin show?

Now that the dust has settled what do you think about the BBC's handling of the BNP?

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Democratic solution?

The Times leader today suggests that a general election may be the only way to purge Parliament of the expenses scandal.

"The saga of the Additional Cost Allowances is now descending into farce. The credibility and authority of Parliament is falling with it."

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Referendum on Europe

The ever-generous Irish government has offered its citizens a second chance to ratify the Lisbon Treaty after the population spurned the opportunity last year.

A yes vote from Ireland, and indeed Britain if the chance ever arrived, looks increasingly likely to mean Tony Blair will become the first president of Europe.

If No. 10 was to give us the same chance, would you vote to adopt the treaty?

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Who should get the Olympics?

As last ditch campaigning continues in Copenhagen, we have no need for the fiendishly complex IOC voting system. Just click below to choose your favourite for host city.

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