Lynch mob mentality' scares politicians

'Lynch mob mentality' scares politicians [What a shame!] - 20 Jun 2009

MPs fear the publication of their expenses claims could lead to attacks on their homes and endanger the safety of their families this weekend. Politicians said they had been abused in the street. One candidate for the vacant Speakership of the Commons said the stories on expense abuses had created a "lynch mob mentality". The Tory MP Nadine Dorries said she had called the police after returning home on Wednesday to find vandals had smashed up patio furniture at her constituency home in Bedfordshire. They then left a note on her website, saying: "Nice patio Nadine, or was." [more]