MP fraud and tax evasion – no accountability in British politics Can honesty, integrity, professionalism and trust exist in our elected representatives

Labour MPs whinging about their Parliamentary Rights.

MPs are attempting to legally block a police probe into their expenses. Scotland Yard have been warned that a police probe would breach their " right of parliamentary privilege ". ( Is that the privilege that specifies expense fraud, tax evasion and " flipping " to avoid paying Capital Gains Tax? )

Once again, it's Labour MPs attempting to avoid paying back money from amoral and excessive expense claims, by trying to utilise a potentially ancient loophole in parliamentary legislation. WHEN WILL THEY LEARN?

Gordon Brown and David Cameron should make it clear right now - if any MP refuses to pay back money for excessive expense claims after the Thomas Legg investigation, they should be removed as an MP and removed from that political party altogether!

This isn't about what the " rules and regulations " stated; this is about what is morally right and just for the tax payer and the public coffers. An independent inquiry has found that the expense system ( self-administered and self-regulated by the same corrupt MPs of course ) was fundamentally flawed and not " fit for purpose " - so just pay up and shut up!

Trying to use the same system that let you abuse public money and trust, is not going to allow you to wriggle your way out of paying back what you should never have been allowed in the first place.

All this comes on the same day that Sir Paul Stephenson ( head of Scotland Yard ) has warned that MORE MPs will face scrutiny over their expenses and that a number of MPs can expect to end up in court - that number may rise yet as investigations are still ongoing.