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A peat fife on the hearth gave scant illumination, but she had thriftlessly lit several tapers.
All except Lord Keith also held that the GLC was under a fiduciary duty to its ratepayers which they had breached by the scheme, Lord Diplock particularly emphasizing the loss of rate support grant, and that they had acted thriftlessly.