Communication being paid for from a communications allowance would not be unreasonable.

However in their wisdom, they believe that if it is paid for from the communication allowance then they have a say in what manner or tone or content is used in that communication, that is unreasonable.

However Paul did not whine about it, he simply told them to stuff the communication allowance and he would pay for it with his own money so they could not tell him what he could or could not say in his blog.

Utterly commendable behaviour from Paul,
hard understand the kind of idiot who takes it as an opportunity to attack him.

“Mr Flynn said the authorities had told him to go through his site and remove any criticism of other MPs. ”
Does anyone seriously think he should have done what he was told?

Paul Flynn can write whatever he likes, but he can’t write it on his own blog paid for out of his own money.

The BBC says it is an annual charge. I’ve never used Typepad and so can’t comment on how complex it is to use your own skin with it, but Flynn’s design is hardly revolutionary – it’s a very basic header stacked on top of a standard design (which doesn’t even work properly).

And is he having it redesigned every year?