Spot the difference

One of the Tory leaflets above was paid for by Putney Conservative Party. One of them was paid for by you, through Conservative MP Justine Greening's Parliamentary allowances. Can you tell which one is which? But more to the point, can you think why you've paid for either?

I support the Conservatives' right to raise funds to publish their own party political newsletters - it's what we do in Putney Labour Party whenever we distribute copies of The Putney Paper. Not a penny of public money goes to my campaign, to Putney Labour Party or to me. My campaign is run solely by volunteers - and all donations to Putney Labour are declared on the Electoral Commission website.

But on top of this, and on top of the over £19,000 Justine Greening's Putney Tories received from under-investigation Belize Billionaire Lord Ashcroft, she also claims a £10,000 allowance a year to distribute extra leaflets - Tory in all but name - which you pay for. And worse: she voted against the allowance being introduced but then claimed it anyway. Cynical and hypocritical.

(By the way, the Tory leaflet paid for by taxpayers is the one on the right with all the blue on it, in case you were wondering).