It doesn't get much better than this...

...for anti-censorship ("pro-porn") activists:

Home secretary Jacqui Smith embarrassed by new expenses row

The expenses she claimed were for her husband's pay-per-view porn:

The home secretary, Jacqui Smith, apologised today for an expenses claim which included adult films watched by her husband Richard Timney.

Smith said she mistakenly submitted an expenses claim which included five pay-per-view films, including two adult movies which were viewed at her family home in her Redditch constituency.

Heh. It would only be better if she'd admitted that it was she who had ordered the films!

Now, to be fair to Ms Smith, the mistake of claiming them as expenses sounds from the article like an easy one to make (although claiming for the internet connection in the first place seems a bit dodgy to me anyway).

However, I am distinctly troubled by the tenor in the article that makes the fact that there were adult films there even relevant - they were 2 films out of 5, and surely the important fact isn't the type of films that were viewed, but that any films at all were claimed on the public purse.

Also troubling is the quote given by "a friend" that, "To say she's angry with her husband is an understatement. Jacqui was not there when these films were watched. She's furious and mortified." While I would like to believe that this is just about being put in the embarrassing position of having to apologise for making the claim (which really, is her own fault for not checking the bill properly), I suspect that there is a moralistic anti-porn sentiment wrapped up in that response that has nothing to do with the finances of it, but is purely judgemental of her husband even wanting to watch it (hence the comment about her not being there when the films were watched).