There is a great article in the Guardian about Mark Thomas and SOCPA today it even has a special apperance of Fisheye, link below

http://politics.guardian.co.uk/commons/comment/0,,1920277,00.html#article_continue

past articles on the subject
http://blog.kking.co.uk/blog/_archives/2006/9/3/2291786.html
http://blog.kking.co.uk/blog/_archives/2006/7/17/2132097.html
http://blog.kking.co.uk/blog/_archives/2006/8/25/2263061.html