Perfectly Legal

Investigations into fraudulent expenses claims by certain public-sector employees have been brought to an abrupt halt because the House of Claimants has fed all the relevant documents to its dog. The HoC authorities were acting in strict accordance with the law, which can indeed be very tolerant of destroying evidence against the right sort of people. The only unredacted copies of expenses claims from before 2010 are now in the possession of the Torygraph, and the Barclay brothers will no doubt respect the right to be forgotten of selected fraudsters, depending on the latter's attitude and degree of demonstrated remorse.