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Don't rule out the very real possibility that this is about heading off the unprecedented police investigation that could lead to twenty Conservative MPs (large

• tonyedgecombe 10y ago
  Unless those MPs don't stand again that problem still stands. Also it seems extremely unlikely anybody will go to prison.
• hackerboos 10y ago
  The great thing about a GE is that the media forgets about the election expenses scandal. Only those of us that follow Michael Crick on Twitter are kept up to date.
• pmyteh 10y ago
  It's very unlikely that anybody would go to prison, even if the charges were proved. What this will do is remove any risk of the tainted elections being voided, resulting in a string of difficult by-elections.