Not a good day at the office for Mallard today. $333k cost to the tax payer so far, plus a further $37k in legal fees and the accused apparently has a case against parliamentary services. I think this is going to cost the tax payer a lot more half a million. This really irks me when my taxes go towards defending MP's for saying stupid things. The funds could have fed a few families at Christmas. ianmac 1.1 Jester: the accused apparently has a case against parliamentary services. That is true but nothing to do with Mallards activity nor did Mallard have anything to do with the cause of the "accused" being "let go" by Parliamentary Services. Try harder Jester.