The Sunday political TV shows: senior Tories go AWOL

The latest round up from Jon Sopel of the best bits from today’s TV political shows is now up on the BBC website, including this observation:

If you think there’s a dearth of senior Tories from Sopel on Sunday, that’s because there is.

Could it be that with the MPs’ expenses scandal still raging, senior Conservatives had collectively decided it might be a good weekend to leave the microphones and make-up to politicians from other parties?