Bernard Darnton leaves his opinion over at Validating Legislation (David Farrar).
Looks like the lawsuit is stuffed. All out-of-scope expenditure under "Vote Parliamentary Service" is being validated from 1989(?!) to 2007 and expenditure is deemed not to have constituted a breach of [a list of Acts]. If Labour had thought they were in the right they would have seen us in Court. In reality, they knew they were going to get a hiding and so they’re changing the law before the case can be tried. Hope you all like bananas.
Posted by Bernard Darnton | October 17, 2006 3:44 PM
Personally I am more than happy, for the sake of the country, to see the end of the matter. The idea of this being dragged out through the courts and further distracting the govt. the better. That would be why enough votes from all parties (not just Labour) have been put together to see it through.
Posted by: | Oct 19, 2006 at 06:57 AM