Martin Bell is coaching a group of independent candidates Photo: ANDREW STUART The 24 men and women are raising money to challenge some of the biggest names caught up in the scandal who were accused of abuses of the Commons allowances. Full Article at The Telegraph

Guests at the Bombay Brasserie's 15th anniversary party included VS Naipaul, Paul Gambaccini, Martin Bell and Mickie Most Arun Harnal, the director of operations, with Nicole Kidman and Tom Cruise Kurt Russell and Goldie Hawn at the Bombay... Full Article at The Telegraph

VIEWS AIRED: Martin Bell at Aberdeen University, where he gave a talk to politics students. Full Article at Press and Journal

The backlash against the BBC for allowing Nick Griffin on Question Time was reinforced yesterday by a former Archbishop of Canterbury, a veteran broadcaster - and even the Queen. Full Article at Daily Mail - UK

Here's one for Coffee Housers: is this government sleazier than John Major's? Asked that question in an interview with Andrew Neil this weekend, Martin Bell has no doubts. "I think this one is worse," he says. But that's not the end of it. Full Article at Spectator Magazine

In one of those bars with no sign on the door last weekend, a crowd of twentysomethings was dancing to Grease. Full Article at The Age