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James Kirkup

James Kirkup is a Political Correspondent for the Daily Telegraph and telegraph.co.uk. Based at Westminster, he has been a lobby journalist since 2001. Before joining the Telegraph he was Political Editor of the Scotsman and covered European politics and economics for Bloomberg.

MPs' expenses and the war in Afghanistan. A question of priorities

Here are two numbers. Draw your own conclusions.

57 minutes – time MPs spent on 27 October debating the conduct of the war in Afghanistan.

3 hours, 50 minutes – time MPs spent today debating the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority and their expenses.

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