Here’s a how-de-do. Popular opinion up in arms and wanting to shred Sir Fred’s pension; government ministers jumping on bandwagons (I’m thinking of Harriet Harman in particular) and not a lot of sensible comment on the legal issues anywhere. Apart from, that is, the on the blog called “Usefully Employed”, which is on my blogroll. Have a look at his post of the 2nd March which provides the best analysis of the whole situation. http://blog.usefullyemployed.co.uk/2009/03/02/sir-freds-pension-protected-by-human-rights/