In the end it was painless as 11 years of protracted legal jousting was brought to an end in less than an hour.

Susan Aitken, SNP leader of Glasgow City Council proposed the motion not to prolong the fight and not appeal to the Supreme Court.

The other parties had their say, raised a few concerns about cost and process, then agreed to the motion unanimously.

Ms Aitken said it was bringing to an end the years of litigation under a Labour administration. It was her saying she was making good on promises before the election last year to settle equal pay.

Labour leader Frank McAveety raised concerns about the impact on jobs and services as no figure has been given and no means of paying it identified.

The Tories also wanted to know about the cost and how long it would take but also voted to back the decision.

The council officers said the legal advice from two QCs was it could successfully appeal.

The Greens however drew the distinction between legally being able to win and morally and politically not pursuing an appeal being the right course of action.

In reality politics took over and no-one wanted to be seen as the party who wanted to fight to stop women getting equal pay.

The unions had been pressurising Labour councillors to support the council backing down from further court action. So they defended their previous action on equal pay and agreed to move on.

What remains is no-one can say how many hundreds of millions of pounds it will cost and how the bill will be met.