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MP's want legal aid to fight court case
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For some reason, you're trying to change the subject from corrupt Labour MPs. Can you guess why?
Don't forget this one
BTW I thought Kenny was voting LibDem.
and Conservative peer Lord Hanningfield,'Just think for a moment what a prospect that is. A single market without barriers visible or invisible giving you direct and unhindered access to the purchasing power of over 300 million of the worlds wealthiest and most prosperous people' Margaret Thatcher0 -
I noticed you like defending Labour in the past - sorry if you're not actually a fan.
I don't understand what you've got against legal aid then. Don't we need to have a large legal aid budget to uphold high standards of justice? The vast majority of people that receive legal aid have very low incomes, they can't afford a lawyer.
Would you rather have the system in the States, where if you're accused of murder and can't afford a top lawyer, you don't have proper legal representation - i.e. rookie lawyer at best.
Most lawyers that practice criminal law in this country earn very little at all - it's just the top QCs that get all the attention.0 -
Don't forget this one BTW I thought Kenny was voting LibDem.
and Conservative peer Lord Hanningfield,
Yep.
Very sorry to see Rooney go off injured last night by the way. It will be a grim world cup if he doesn't make the plane.US housing: it's not a bubble
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kennyboy66 wrote: »Yep.
Very sorry to see Rooney go off injured last night by the way. It will be a grim world cup if he doesn't make the plane.
Just got lucky for tickets to the final as well, ah well at least the Euro has weakened slightly before they charge me 'Just think for a moment what a prospect that is. A single market without barriers visible or invisible giving you direct and unhindered access to the purchasing power of over 300 million of the worlds wealthiest and most prosperous people' Margaret Thatcher0 -
They say this means only the House of Commons can judge them and they cannot be tried in a court.
What a brilliant idea. The house of commons should impeach the twerps... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impeachment#United_Kingdom ... and, since parliament can set any punishment it likes, I would argue removing his citizenship, and his property.
It's a particularly fun procedure since courts can't take into account proceedings in parliament under the laws they quote, anbd so... ta dum... if they lose the appeal, they can still be tried by the courts.
That will teach MP's not to try this kind of thing on.“The ideas of debtor and creditor as to what constitutes a good time never coincide.”
― P.G. Wodehouse, Love Among the Chickens0 -
Just got lucky for tickets to the final as well, ah well at least the Euro has weakened slightly before they charge me
Wow. Do you mean CL final in Madrid ?
Presumably you got lucky in the UEFA ballot ?
I was going to enter but to be honest would only want to go if there were no English teams in it, and I was certain that United will get there provided they avoid Barca.US housing: it's not a bubble
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kennyboy66 wrote: »Yep.
Very sorry to see Rooney go off injured last night by the way. It will be a grim world cup if he doesn't make the plane.
Apparently it's "not serious"
Personally, I have my alarm set for an early start to watch Woolwich get their Arsenals kicked by Barca.
If you've broken the law you should be tried and punished as the law dictates if found guilty. The same law should apply to some James Hunt who thinks he's Nigel Mansel in a diesel Mondeo, an MP commiting fraud or a footballer assaulting someone.
The experience used to be that the rich and connected got away with it. Then Archer and Aitken got sent down and that renewed my faith in the British courts. We'll see what happens to these barstewards.0 -
If you've broken the law you should be tried and punished as the law dictates if found guilty. The same law should apply to some James Hunt who thinks he's Nigel Mansel in a diesel Mondeo, an MP commiting fraud or a footballer assaulting someone.
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That reminds me, I think Ronnie Haslam when he was world bike champ was prosecuted for being on a public road because he hadn't passed his test 'Just think for a moment what a prospect that is. A single market without barriers visible or invisible giving you direct and unhindered access to the purchasing power of over 300 million of the worlds wealthiest and most prosperous people' Margaret Thatcher0 -
That reminds me, I think Ronnie Haslam when he was world bike champ was prosecuted for being on a public road because he hadn't passed his test
I don't know if it made the UK press but Lewis Hamilton got nicked by Victoria's finest for 'not being in proper control of a motor vehicle' (aka hooning about, aka doing a wheel spin) on his way back to his hotel from the track.
The MPs should be treated in exactly the same way as any other British subject would. Have the same access or not to legal aid and be given the same sentence if found guilty.
Politicians are no better nor worse than anyone else. They should be treated like that (excepting they should be exempt from things like libel laws when speaking in Parliament).
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I don't know if it made the UK press but Lewis Hamilton got nicked by Victoria's finest for 'not being in proper control of a motor vehicle' (aka hooning about, aka doing a wheel spin) on his way back to his hotel from the track.
Yes we got that one and the apologies 'Just think for a moment what a prospect that is. A single market without barriers visible or invisible giving you direct and unhindered access to the purchasing power of over 300 million of the worlds wealthiest and most prosperous people' Margaret Thatcher0
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