Their snouts are still in the trough!

[davieG]

Hundreds of breaches of parliamentary rules by MPs who accepted free overseas trips from foreign governments have been uncovered by a BBC investigation.

More than 20 MPs broke rules on declaring hospitality in questions or debates after visiting locations such as the Maldives, Cyprus and Gibraltar.

The MPs - from Labour, the Tories and the Lib Dems - breached parliamentary regulations on more than 400 occasions.

One former standards watchdog says it shows MPs cannot regulate themselves.

Some MPs dismissed the breaches as technical errors or oversights.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/8580183.stm

Three ex-ministers have been suspended from the parliamentary Labour Party pending a probe into their willingness to help a lobbying firm for cash.

Stephen Byers, Patricia Hewitt and Geoff Hoon were secretly filmed as part of an investigation by the Sunday Times and Channel 4's Dispatches.

Justice Secretary Jack Straw said it seemed they had brought Labour "into disrepute" and many MPs were angry.

All three former ministers have denied any wrongdoing.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/8582093.stm

[FoxyPV]

Fvcking joke! Everyone is at it and then they wonder why people don't vote. At least criminals are honest about what they are doing unlike this lot!!

I'm going to stop electioneering (I might get mistaken for one of this lot) and take control in a bloodless coup (Lisa - I stand by our previous agreement )

[lou]

Ive always thought Patricia Hewitt to be a shady cow to be honest!

Theyre all the bloody same.