June 10, 2010 9:00am by David Farrar

Jones outs himself first

MP Shane Jones is expected to be one of the more embarrassed former Labour Cabinet ministers when details of credit-card spending going back six years are released today.

Before leaving office, he is understood to have repaid about $6000 for spending deemed outside the rules.

This included hiring a plane from Auckland to make a speech in Tauranga, movie rentals, and the purchase of magazines and expensive wine.

I hope we get to learn the titles of the movies, and the quality of the wine!

This will dent Shane’s leadership aspirations.

UPDATE: Stuff reports more:

Former Labour government ministers racked up taxpayer-funded credit card bills for a massage, new clothes, wine, pay-per-view movies, a $600 set of golf clubs and chartering a private plane,

A massage and golf clubs!