No Tal, it would not. Being a member of Parliament does not give you parliamentary privilege 24 hours a day, only when you are physically in Parliament. Therefore, everything these MPs have done outside the House or Senate is fair game for the courts. According to STB, they received stolen information, and then issued threats to intimidate the group into silence. Out on the street, an MP is just like everyone else, and just as subject to the dictates of the court as you or I.
No Tal, it would not. Being a member of Parliament does not give you parliamentary privilege 24 hours a day, only when you are physically in Parliament. Therefore, everything these MPs have done outside the House or Senate is fair game for the courts. According to STB, they received stolen information, and then issued threats to intimidate the group into silence. Out on the street, an MP is just like everyone else, and just as subject to the dictates of the court as you or I.
Did you say BOB bailout of their buddies to the tune of $100 million or our money? (The same amount they tried to crucify Ingraham for overruns on the road repair project. But at least we got roads. This time, their buddies get $100 million and we get zip.)
Tal - you know full well that everything that happens outside parliamentary proceedings does not attract privilege. The speaker has no say in the matter. The action of receiving this unauthorized personal information, the act of going in the press to threaten the rightful owners with exposure, etc, etc – none of that is covered by parliamentary privilege.
Tal - one way or the other, Save The Bays money is not the Bahamian people's money. BOB money is OUR money that they are giving to their relatives and buddies. The two things are not even on the same level.
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I concur sheeprunner - we are dead jokey.
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How we get here? Could it be that our government sold us out the Great Red Empire!? Say it ain't so!!
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No Tal, it would not. Being a member of Parliament does not give you parliamentary privilege 24 hours a day, only when you are physically in Parliament. Therefore, everything these MPs have done outside the House or Senate is fair game for the courts. According to STB, they received stolen information, and then issued threats to intimidate the group into silence. Out on the street, an MP is just like everyone else, and just as subject to the dictates of the court as you or I.
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No Tal, it would not. Being a member of Parliament does not give you parliamentary privilege 24 hours a day, only when you are physically in Parliament. Therefore, everything these MPs have done outside the House or Senate is fair game for the courts. According to STB, they received stolen information, and then issued threats to intimidate the group into silence. Out on the street, an MP is just like everyone else, and just as subject to the dictates of the court as you or I.
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Oh! And missing money from the Ministry of Transport, the Public Hospitals Authority, the Post Office... where else?
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Did you say BOB bailout of their buddies to the tune of $100 million or our money? (The same amount they tried to crucify Ingraham for overruns on the road repair project. But at least we got roads. This time, their buddies get $100 million and we get zip.)
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Tal - you know full well that everything that happens outside parliamentary proceedings does not attract privilege. The speaker has no say in the matter. The action of receiving this unauthorized personal information, the act of going in the press to threaten the rightful owners with exposure, etc, etc – none of that is covered by parliamentary privilege.
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Tal - one way or the other, Save The Bays money is not the Bahamian people's money. BOB money is OUR money that they are giving to their relatives and buddies. The two things are not even on the same level.
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Pfft! Return? What is that?
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All that is true John, and I wish Keith Bell had said it. But he didn't. He said the crime plan is working.
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