Some people! did you want him taken to Castlereagh for dry toast and a solid hiding?

We should just be grateful he didn’t have an office in Stormont.

Would Sir Reg have to resign for ‘negotiating’ with ‘a party of spies’ or something.

If Zanu Labour can arrest him, they can put me or somebody else in *prison*, that’s the scary bit. I’ll tell you something else,

SF, APNI, SDLP, or perhaps evewn the DUP, are going to try to help, or risk much, for anybody clinked re: immigration, education, corruption in public office, or kindred.

I have anything up to a dozen police officers, dog team, waiting at ports, that’s the sort of harassment, I face on a trip to Britain, and they are there exclusively for me.

Once they came up to me, in the street, in Scotland, and advised I needed to hurry up, or I might miss a sailing!

That’s service.

(Test word: fact)

So if an MP is breaking the law he is allowed to continue having this privilige unmolested whereas the average Brit is arrested and thrown into jail ?

So the ‘priviliged ‘ must have their freedom whereas the hoi polloi get it in the neck ?

Freedom ye can’t beat it eh

It’s a police matter so presumably of Martin has exceeded his ‘powers’ he won’t be returned with a larger majority at the next hustings ?

BTW. I did’nt know you were a supporter of Marie Antoinette and noblesse oblige and all that . Lady Astor would have been a fan of HF back in the 1930′s ;(

This was a blatant example of political policing and well you know it, the Labour party spun leaks like billy-oh when they were in opposition, last week they leaked the PBR announcements without the least problem, are you suggesting that Robert Peston of the BBC should have his office raided and he and his bosses in the BBC should be arrested? Peston seems to be remarkably well informed about government policy that the rest of us don’t know about, how do you think that is?

This was political policing at its most brazen, if you accept this then you must be prepared for the Tories to do the same thing when they get into power.

I don’t accept it because I believe in freedom and liberty, you might be happy to accept a police state, that’s fine but please don’t believe that the rest of us are sheep like you.

Parliamentarians in the UK do not have immunity from arrest, if they are accused of committed a crime what are you saying, the police should not act accordingly. Should they be treated with kid gloves because they are parliamentarians, whilst the rest of us get a hand on the shoulder and your nicked and off to the cells we go?

Surly not. If Green and Cameron have nothing to fear the former will be exonerated, is that not what they would tell their constituents. But what Cameron is demanding is that green be exonerated for simply being a member of parliament and that is not on imo.

It is interesting he has not chosen to make a Statement to the House on this matter. (unless I have missed it) for one would have thought given he is making much of his parliamentary status Westminister should be his first port of call, not certain editorial offices.

As to what people like Benn etc say that is for them.

Oh come on mick, are you saying this is all just blown up by the Tories? Ask Tony Benn, Nick Clegg, Denis McShane, Jeremy Corbyn, Tory bastards all no doubt, what they think of this and they’ll let you know in no uncertain terms the dreadful implications of what has just happened.

Just because the BBC ignores a story (8am Today Programme headlines this morning: Mumbai, Thai airports, OPEC oil price fixing convention, Brazil rain forest conference, Argentinian scandal from the 1980′s, couple of trainee rozzers selling drugs and the death of a Wal-Mart staff member in New York – no mention of the most egregious assault on Parliament in 300 years) doesn’t mean it’s not a story, the internet is alive with this, they simply cannot suppress this issue any longer and it is not a “Tory” issue, check out Comment is Free in the Guardian if you doubt me.

As will I. We may just be disappointed though… This is all playing out in a vacuum. At this stage of the investigation, the only people who know what’s going on is the people under investigation, the Speakers Office, and the Police.

If the Government does know more than that then they are and should be toast. But that is not the only possible outcome…

http://www.organizedrage.com/2008/11/tory-party-is-bulwark-of-state-secrecy.html

Brown at present has said that he and his party knew nothing about these arrests…

I`ll wait for the “e-mail” that will arise that proves that Brown`s government where well aware of the pending arrest..

Good piece, it is interesting that the media in the main has failed to follow the real story here, instead seeing it as another bash the government tale. Serious questions need to be asked as to the relationship between senior tory politicians, leaking civil servants and certain pro tory journalists. All this huffing from Cameron is designed is to frighten plod off the scent.

Reader,

That’s possible. As I say over on Brassneck, none should forgo their personal conscience, Labour trained or no…

But if there were to prove to be systematic connecting points then we could be talking about a very messy road ahead…

Just think what havoc you could wreak here? With each party looking for moles in their rivals constituencies…

What holds it together is the Civil Service code and (I suppose) the thought it could lead to mutually assured destruction…