Justice Delivered By Second-Class Post

Unlike the lesser breeds, ours is a nation that believes in fair play and the rule of law; which doubtless explains why His Majesty's Government has spent a hundred and thirty-six million on legal fees to ensure that no undeserving or unworthy persons are recompensed over the Horizon scandal. Besides the laudable stimulation of economic growth, the law's delay has meant that a number of potential claimants have died before being able to make themselves a burden on the Post Office. Nevertheless, after only one year's pondering the parliamentary business and trade committee has concluded that criminals should probably not be given control of administering the financial redress for their own derelictions; which will certainly have significant repercussions for the rule of British law in the unlikely event that anyone takes any notice.