Dr Éoin Clarke's 'massive' Tory spending revelations fail to go nuclear

If only Dr Éoin Clarke could learn from his mistakes. Earlier this month Clarke was left red-faced after his prediction of a shadow cabinet reshuffle failed to materialise. Not to be put off, the clip art-loving Labour activist — who has a PhD in Irish feminism — has been promising a ‘nuclear’ revelation regarding the Tory expenses row for some days now. After Michael Crick’s Channel 4 investigation led to the party admitting that it failed to declare £38,000 of general election expenses, Clarke told his followers that ‘massive revelations’ were on their way.

Tweeting his followers on Sunday, Clarke said that a Tory election fraud story would ‘break very soon’ and cause the scandal to go ‘nuclear’.

Massive story to break very soon about Tory Election Fraud. I'm sworn to silence until it does. This scandal is about to go nuclear.

— Tory Fibs (@ToryFibs) May 22, 2016

Some massive revelations due to be published about the Tory Election Fraud Scandal that I am not allowed to say. Tip of the iceberg this far

— Tory Fibs (@ToryFibs) May 22, 2016

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Some massive revelations due to be published about the Tory Election Fraud Scandal that I am not allowed to say. Tip of the iceberg this far

— Tory Fibs (@ToryFibs) May 22, 2016

As the days went on, Clarke tantalised his followers further:

Preparations to unveil the next chapter in the Tory Election Fraud Scandal are at very advanced stages. This is worth waiting for I assure u

— Tory Fibs (@ToryFibs) May 23, 2016

(while we wait on main the Tory Election Scandal Story to break) Six UK judges have now granted a 1 year extension for police to investigate

— Tory Fibs (@ToryFibs) May 23, 2016

Alas, supporters have been left significantly underwhelmed by ‘nuclear’ revelation. It turns out that the ‘massive’ story Clarke was referring to is actually a data dump by the Mirror. Billed as the People’s Electoral Commission, the investigations team at the tabloid are uploading the electoral spending returns of Tory MPs and asking members of the public to in turn help investigate for free.