Who says these things are never black and white issues?

Was the Daily Telegraph thinking it had discovered another egregious expenses claim? Labour MP Chris Mullin, on last night's edition of Newsnight (about 16 minutes in) telling Jeremy Paxman about traumatised feelings in Westminster, revealed his own brush with the agenda-setting newspaper over his £48 (ish) claim for a TV licence (But isn't a full licence now £142.50?): "Everyone is waiting for the call from the Daily Telegraph, I had one today actually ... they said 'we have just noticed you are claiming for a black and white television licence'. I said 'yes, guilty as charged, I have owned it for 33 years, it still works, so I just never changed it.'" "You're a fascinating demographic sample," Paxman told the member for Sunderland South. "I'm one of half a percent apparently," he replied.