Little storm over taxi fares

One of the most ridiculous articles ever seen in The Herald. So Mr McLetchie took taxis from Parliament to Tods Murray which were paid for at public expense. Is this in breach of the rules? No. So why the fuss?

"Destinations of these journeys within Edinburgh have been blanked out, but regular trips for similar sums were to a street name beginning "Qu" and an apparent destination beginning "To", prompting the suspicion that for a six-year period Mr McLetchie was using the parliament's taxi account to travel from his MSP's office on George IV Bridge down to Queen Street, where Tods Murray had its office at that time. A parliament spokesman yesterday said MSPs had to verify that any travel costs claimed were for parliamentary or constituency business."

Why are journalists pushing this story? And who benefits from the continued (artificial) controversy?