How to celebrate a book on waste? Throw a champagne party!

Delicious irony today when my staff and I were invited to a champagne reception this evening in one of the Parliament's salons….by, you've guessed it, the Taxpayers' Alliance to launch their book subtly titled "The Great European Rip-Off"!

So the Taxpayers' Alliance are going to highlight what they claim is billions of pounds of waste by profligate EU institution by, erm, splashing out a couple of grand on champagne and nibbles for some parliamentary assistants and lobbyists.

Certainly one for the 'you couldn't make it up' school.