That's because the Telegraph published Labour's expenses first while giving the Tories a day to craft their responses.

( ArthurTheRat, Fri 22 May 2009, 15:50, archived)

That's not really an excuse for two weeks of Gordon Brown
doing fuck all other than setting up a committee and not sacking Hazel Blears even though he thinks she's totally unnacceptable, it's not about his immediate reaction, it's his total lack of understanding of what he should be doing as a prime minister i.e. showing some leadership.
(Bazongaloid, Fri 22 May 2009, 15:56, archived)