Varian this is from the court case note the words BLATANT LIE!!
The Liberal Democrat MP only avoided defeat in the case last December because the court could not be certain that his “blatant lie” about the affair in a Channel 4 interview meant he had committed an illegal practice beyond reasonable doubt.
The judges said that since they ruled against him on two of the three lesser counts in the case, taken out under the Representation of the People Act 1983, both sides were equally liable to carry their own costs.
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