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I see that the three Labour MPs facing charges under the Theft Act over their expenses claims - Elliot Morley, Jim Devine and David Chaytor - have put out a joint statement. They make it clear they dispute the charges and they will invoke the Bill of Rights 1689 (which provides for parliamentary privilege) as the basis for disputing the jurisdiction of the courts to even hear the cases brought by the Crown. Donal Blaney says that it is "Disgraceful".

IMO: Three attempts were apparently made recently in the UK to kill me and my wife, probably for financial gain. Having read the 'Neasden police" dry humor in Private Eye and remembering the racial attitudes regarding the Menezes matter, I complained to my M.P. instead. No help. HE IS A TORY. So cage all corrupt MPs, not just Labor MPs as Blaney seems to want to suggest. But, many of our MPs may have been simply gulled by the fact that nobody bothered until it was leaked, UTAP, in the papers, I think the Telegraph first. This corruption of MPs is one reason why Pakistan remains a failed nation and why the UK is becoming one. So improve the system, cage the lawbreaking MPs, and cut the salaries of the high paid bankers, local government politicans and businessmen. This is not a voice crying in the wilderness, India for example is now trying to limit corruption and will probably succeed.