4 parliamentary privileged not allowed parliamentary privilege ?
"Three MPs and peer to face trial as privilege claim dismissed - Three former Labour MPs and a Conservative peer are to face criminal trials for alleged expenses fraud after a judge threw out their attempts to claim parliamentary privilege.
Mr Justice Saunders rejected their application, saying there was 'no logical, practical, moral or legal justification' for expenses claims being covered by privilege. Elliot Morley, David Chaytor, Jim Devine and Lord Hanningfield had argued that they could not be tried in court because of a 300-year-old law exempting MPs and Lords from prosecution over proceedings in parliament. But Mr Justice Saunders rejected their application, saying there was "no logical, practical, moral or legal justification" for expenses claims being covered by privilege.
However, the four men have announced they will appeal against the decision, meaning the Taxpayer will face a bill running into six figures for another hearing."
Do you think that these 4 MPs will in fact eventually:-
1) face trial at all ?
2) be convicted of fraud ?
3) serve an actual prison sentence ?
4) pay the legal costs for this sorry mess ?