I hope this isn’t a sign of fiscal management standards to come

[Ldr]

And I’m still voting for these this time!!

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c3ggr3pg4ljo

The Labour Party has abandoned longstanding legal action against five former members of staff who have been accused of "conspiring" against Sir Keir Starmer’s leadership.
The action is estimated to have cost the party millions of pounds, which critics said could otherwise have been spent on the general election campaign.

[SydneyRover]

................ ''Plainly, not all cases go to trial. Indeed, the majority do not. Some cases are not defended and default judgment is awarded by the court. Parties settle, whether through traditional party-to-party negotiation or a structured alternative dispute resolution process, such as mediation or arbitration; as it is often said, a negotiation is a good one if neither party is happy with the resulting settlement. Sometimes cases are brought for strategic or, in some cases, vexatious purposes, such cases may end up with the claimant discontinuing and paying costs to the defendant. Some cases are so weak that they have no real prospect of success and the court can determine them summarily; others are brought improperly and as a result the court can rules to strike out the case or a portion of it. The question arises: how many cases actually reach trial? The Ministry of Justice publishes a quarterly analysis of the progress and conclusion of civil claims. This provides interesting answers''

https://www.grosvenorlaw.com/2019/11/14/how-many-civil-cases-actually-go-to-trial/