Posted by: scrubone | January 28, 2008

Andy Moore Not Rich Enough to Challenge Law Intended to Stop Rich from Buying Elections

Don’tVoteLabour has been shutdown.

Does anyone else see the irony that he cites his lack of wealth as a reason?

After a series of exchanges with the commission, Mr Moore took down the site yesterday, saying he could not afford lawyers’ fees or the potential $10,000 fine if he was prosecuted.

“It would have cost thousands to take it through the courts.

“One shouldn’t have to be wealthy enough to afford lawyers’ fees to be able to say on your own personal website that you don’t support the Government.”

He replaced the anti-Government material with an explanation of why he had removed the site.

I should mention at this point that I invited Andy to come and blog here and Halfdone, and he is now listed on our site as a contributor – so don’t be surprised if he contributes something at some stage :)


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