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This thing has layers.

It's scandalous that a £billion computer system had basic accounting errors.

It's scandalous that Fujitsu pressured the government to accept the system, and scandalous that the government gave in to this pressure.

It's scandalous how the private prosecution hid evidence.

It's scandalous how long it takes the courts to rectify miscarriages of justice.

It's scandalous that it took a popular TV show to get the government's attention.

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The cynic in me says that the Government only took notice to shift the narrative from the fact that they've pushed the election until later in the year, when everyone expected it to be in May (where it was predicted that they would meet a resounding defeated.)

I'm glad the victims are getting justice, but I hate that it might only have gotten this level of scrutiny because it's a fight that makes the Government look responsible...

And it allows them to throw mud at current leaders of the opposition, who were then in positions with tangential responsibility (well, Davey arguably had real responsibility, and his defence that he was lied-to is weak).

I would say that's more 'realistic' than 'cynical'. The current government is incredibly unpopular so it's no suprise that they'd latch on to something that will be universally seen in a positive light when resolved.

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