Nearer home, I ponder on why we are spending £100m on chewing over the phone hacking business, and maybe putting one of the several defendants into jail. All very sordid, unpleasant and probably illegal, but is it a good use of public resources? Is the spend proportionate to the crime?
Presumably the lawyers concerned have done very well out of it all, so well perhaps that they will not need to join their hard pressed colleagues on the picket line protesting against cuts in legal aid. Presumably said lawyers concerned already had well filled coffers, fat cats who are a long way away from the grubby and not terribly well-paid business of defending affordables who get into fights in Tooting.
Not to mention all the police overtime.
It all reminds me of how the Maddie tragedy has managed to sweep up rather a lot of police and other resources. Is the spend proportionate and appropriate here?
How could we better manage such matters, without getting swept along on waves of media hysteria?
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