Early doors?

Maybe there’s some sort of technical glitch on Freedom Central, but an earlier post which claimed that two Lib Dems had been suspended on a “technicality” has disappeared. Perhaps this has something to do with the withdrawal of a motion to reinstate John Dixon and Aled Roberts after they had been found to have breached election eligibility rules.

The suspicion is that the two regional AMs were less than confident about their potential success as list candidates and were hedging their bets by hanging on to certain statutory offices – a disqualifiable offence as they have since discovered. Others cite plain incompetence on the part of Lib Dem party managers.

Having earlier attempted to downplay the matter however, no less than Peter Black is now calling for “contrition” from those involved. Perhaps this is because he has also seen the written legal opinion circulated today which suggests that the individuals could be disqualified altogether if the matter goes to an electoral court. This would mean that the next names on the regional lists are elected.

Update: Former legal chief turns the screw.