Gordon Brown looks set for yet another bout of embarassment following his plans for a vote in the common's on scrapping MP's second homes allowance are dropped.  Since his announcement, via Youtube, that a vote would come this week on the motion, it became increasingly clear that there would not be the votes needed to pass the bill.

Instead, the Prime Minister has requested that the Parliament Standards Watchdog bring forward its review of expenses to July, saying that "swift reform" was still needed.  The Tories said that the government's planner were "decended into farce", which clearly seems to be the case, especially following an embarassing week for the government last week, which centred on the treasury and its budget.

It is becomming increasingly apparent that this government is falling apart, and is quite literally becoming a laughing stock.  The Tory leader, David Cameron, hit the nail firmly on the head last week when he said that Labour Governments always end up in a mess and running out of money.  Oh how true.

The big issue facing the government now is the risk of all their motions relating to MP's expenses being voted down in the common's, something which could happen as early as this week when a vote takes place on a much more watered down version than what Brown announced last week.