On Feb 27, 10:13*pm, Roland Perry wrote:
In message , at 05:05:39
on Sun, 27 Feb 2011, Roy Badami remarked:

That just shows that ScotRail want to ban it.

Well, it doesn't *just* say that ScotRail wants to ban it. *It also
ays that Transport Scotland, ATOC, Passenger Focus and the Secretary
of State for Transport are happy with that (mis)interpretation of the
rules.

It just means that they haven't thought it through. Even government
ministers lose in court (Home Secretaries seem to be more prone to this
than others, ie. more prone to capture by their misguided advisers; or
is it just that they get sued more often because the stakes are higher?)

I suspect both, with an added dose of "doing things that are obviously
illegal to please the tabloids" that doesn't apply in most other areas
(as with the prisoner votes issue).

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