Now even Chris Trotter says Kill the Bill

Chris Trotter was filling in for Laila Harre this morning on Nine to Noon.  And here is what he said on the Electoral Finance Bill after Matthew Hooton asked whether the risk of litigation outweighed the risks from having the 2008 election run on the existing Electoral Act:

Politically speaking I have to say that from the vantage of the left, it is a very dangerous prospect ….

In answer to Matthew’s rhetorical question, I don’t think it would matter at all if this piece of legislation was held over.

So even Chris Trotter is saying it would be better to stay with the existing Electoral Act (which would be policed relentlessly by the media and parties due to the climate) than proceed with such a badly drafted and confusing bill.