Having lost round one in their battle to avoid legal accountability for their actions,....
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/10293475
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Three ex Labour MPs and an ex Tory peer are set to stand trial over expenses fraud allegations after a judge ruled they could not claim parliamentary privilege to stop prosecution.
Mr Justice Saunders rejected arguments by Elliott Morley, David Chaytor, Jim Devine and Lord Hanningfield that only Parliament could hear their case.
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... the snouts in the trough brigade have just lost their appeal according to the Beeb.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-10814765