MPs invoke 1689 Bill to avoid prosecution

[rebbonk]

Three labour MPs are arguing they cannot be prosecuted over expenses claims because they are protected by parliamentary privilege.

The trio – Elliot Morley, David Chaytor and Jim Devine – are being represented by a legal firm that has acted as solicitor to the Labour Party since 1990.

Story here http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/mps-invoke-1689-bill-to-avoid-prosecution-1856887.html

[StevieG]

Does it mean that the police were not aware of the ancient Bill as lets face it in their eyes it is fraud?????????

[pollyanna]

A Bill from 1689 it beggars belief

They should not be allowed to get away with - end of story - and throw this darned Bill out

[rebbonk]

Does it mean that the police were not aware of the ancient Bill as lets face it in their eyes it is fraud?????????

StevieG,

In the eyes of any right minded person it is fraud/theft/false accounting. These people are the lowest of the low, stealing off those that put them into a position of trust.

I'm afraid, "rotten to the very core" springs to mind.

[StevieG]

Come the Revolution