Following on from the earlier posting about David Cameron's u-turn on Shadow Cabinet members outside interests, we have this from Conservative Home: Hague threatened to quit if outside interests were banned (read the comments to see what the grassroots Tories think of Cameron's weakness and Vague's blackmail) and the full story at the Mail Online.

...it became apparent the move would have triggered Shadow Cabinet resignations and forced an emergency reshuffle. George Osborne

Senior Tory politicians complained that Shadow Chancellor George Osborne and Mr Cameron had wealthy backgrounds to fall back on

"William Hague made clear he was not going to stand for it. There would have been three resignations," one senior source has claimed.

Labour is exploiting the fact that 16 out of the 22 members of the Shadow Cabinet have declared remunerated employment to top up their 65,000 pounds salary as MPs.

Mr Hague earned 230,000 pounds this year from speaking fees and directorships, while policy chief Oliver Letwin works part-time for bankers N M Rothschild and International Development spokesman Andrew Mitchell holds six directorships with Lazards merchant bank.

Some frontbenchers are jealous that both Mr Cameron and Mr Osborne are from wealthy backgrounds and do not have to rely solely on their MP's salary.

One senior source told the Mail: "It's a minor issue, but it does suggest that he's not quite as confident of his position as people might have assumed six months ago."

What a shower!