| WEDNESDAY 20 MAY - 22.30 GMT - BBC TWO GAVIN ESLER From Gavin Esler: QUOTE OF THE DAY "What did we do with the trust of your vote? Hired a flunky to flush out the moat" - Carol Ann Duffy, the new Poet Laureate on the MPs' expenses scandal. MPs EXPENSES It's clear that the people who run the House of Commons think, believe, hope, that they have drawn a line under the expenses saga, after yesterday's demise of the Speaker and today's announcement of interim measures. But have they? Everyone appears to be agreed on the principle of change, but the details are extremely complicated given that every one of the more than 600 MPs sees himself or herself as having differing needs and problems. Are we on the verge of broader constitutional reform? We'll discuss. COMPENSATION CLAIM Newsnight has been following carefully the plight of British haemophiliacs and their families who have suffered unspeakably as a result of blood donations bought in from the United States in the 1970s and 1980s. It's thought that 4670 haemophiliacs were infected with hepatitis C and 1243 were infected with HIV. Today the government announced a degree of compensation which haemophiliac groups have denounced as woeful and shameful. Susan Watts will be reporting and we'll debate. And our Ethical Man in America - Justin Rowlatt - tries to figure out if there really is a future for clean coal. Gavin Missed Newsnight? Click here to watch online Newsnight Blogs Join the debate | 
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