Waiting for Godot

I have now spotted that our three musketeer MPs, Chaytor, Norley and Devine are listed in the Court of Appeal as to whether their cases are to go forward to the Supreme Court. Their argument is that parliamentary privilege protected their expenses activities and claims and therefore only Parliament can adjudge their activities. Whereas the thoughts of the Judge in Southwark Crown Court and the Court of Appeal was that in fact, the law is there to protect the privilege of freedom of speech within Parliamentary precincts and not to allow or sanction criminal acts.

It will be interested whether these three are allowed to go forward to the Supreme Court; it will surely only be along the lines of the same point of law that has been put forward to the Court of Appeal. I cannot honestly see it, as there is no fresh point of law that has been introduced that would make the case suitable for review by that Higher Court. So unless there is a novel aspect that my brain has not thought of, then I expect to hear by about 10.30 that their leave to appeal to the Supreme Court from the Court of Appeal has been turned down.

Interesting though how they just keep persisting in it.