Well everyone, we should be happy shouldn’t we? The Saatchi Bill is dead according to the Telegraph because the Liberal Democrats ‘vetoed’ it. Well actually, it isn’t dead at all. Nowhere near dead in fact. All the Liberal Democrat ‘veto’ actually was just a refusal to debate the Bill in government time. The Bill will still be debated, just in the time set aside for Private Members’ Bills and not Government Bills.
Also, the Labour Party have now come out in support of the Saatchi Bill with Shadow Health Secretary Andy Burnham (see more on the Labour Party later) stating in The Telegraph, “I worry a little bit that those who are opposed to it don’t realise that it is actually quite a different Bill now.” Now, I’m sorry, that is just not true. There are many, many issues with the Saatchi Bill...
Read the full dissection here: Legal Musings Blog: The Actual Truth about the Saatchi Bill
