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lacroupade

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Just wondered what peoples views on this one are having watched twitter doing its usual gloating?

On the one hand, yes he's a politician and allegedly the guy and his clearly spiky ex-wife have broken the law, but really - its a speeding offence, not a bloody axe murder.

If we had a fairer system that simply whacked speeders with a means-tested fine, instead of making an assumption that all speeders are killers and pointing them off the road and out of a job, then people wouldn't perjure themselves would they.

I've known people who've done exactly the same thing; extremely busy, pressurised job and nicked 2-3 times on the same stretch of motorway by different cameras - what would you do, risk losing a well-paid job and possibly a lot more besides, or let someone else take the rap?
 
His biggest error of judgement was divorcing his wife, a woman scorned and all that! If he was going to do that then he probably should have kept the points himself :-) not that I am saying he is guilty.
 
I dont know anything about this case.... but i would say its one thing being a public servant and its another being a member of the public..

It is easy to say on one hand that speeding is a minor offence and in the big wide world it is, however politicians are supposed to be squeaky clean (did i really say that) and should not been seen to be cheating the system... they are after all in high office.. I could go on :tumbleweed:

at the end of the day they are in politics for themselves and no one else...... bunch of arse :headbang:
 
Shouldn't PCOJ not be relating to the severity of the original offence though rather than being an "absolute" offence by itself?

Potential for 6 months in jail for this whilst the original offence is negliable seems odd, it is not like he was hiding a murderer and lying about that.
 
Its more pertinent that he's been denying he ever did this - its not just a speeding offence its trying to pervert the course of justice by getting his wife to take the blame. If he can prove his innocence ( probably unlikely or he would have done so by now ) then he should not have to resign - if he's guilty then he does not deserve to be in a position of trust and I hope they throw the book at him.
 
Seems pretty likley he's banged to rights on this one. No way would the CPS go ahead, nor he resign if he didn't do it.

Guess that's the problem of public office. If you mess with the system then you lose the job, just like the head of the Student Loans co. running himslef as a busines to reduce taxes. Normal in the business world but not in public office.
 
Onus is you arec innocent until prooved guilty, not trial by tabloid.

He's consistently said his wife's lying, haven't seen any evidence other than the word of a scorned woman, so unless anyone can proove otherwise it's his word against hers...

In a court of law, very difficult to proove beyond reasonable doubt.

It's likely a magistrate may take the opinion that she may have done this on purpose just to be vicious, destroy his job & discredit him... wouldn't be the first time this has happened... my X even tried something similar on me and failed.

Ho hummm...
 
Must be written evidence, even in the form of emails.

Then he can still say that he did not send it of course, which then becomes potentially a bigger pit.
 
If he was speeding and was responsible for benig caught, he could have just pleaded that the car was essential for his job. That way he would have been fined, got more points and could have kept driving.

Like so many others out there who do that whilst there points add up like some scary bonus scheme.

Thats 23 points and a £500 fine, did you want to spend them now on some cut glass tumblers or would you like to save them for the special dvd player?

Also Chris Huhne isnt short of a few bob either and could afford the celebrity lawyer that can get anyone off of points on their licence.

Therefore there where two exits for him to either not get the points or just keep driving. So if he lied, then he is a fool for not choosing one of the other two easy options.

Just my opinion, strikes me that someone in that position, whos obviously pretty clever might not jump at the give points to someone else option when others exist.
 
deka said:
I dont know anything about this case.... but i would say its one thing being a public servant and its another being a member of the public..

It is easy to say on one hand that speeding is a minor offence and in the big wide world it is, however politicians are supposed to be squeaky clean (did i really say that) and should not been seen to be cheating the system... they are after all in high office.. I could go on :tumbleweed:

at the end of the day they are in politics for themselves and no one else...... bunch of arse :headbang:
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Amen :rofl:

Makes you wonder what else he lies about ..........................
 
You know what? We, the general public get the calibre of politician we deserve. Chris Huhne being the latest example.

The public think that highly intelligent, articulate, talented people should enter public office and earn (in comparison to their peers in private industry) a pittance for the pleasure of serving the country.

Pffft !! What we actually end up with is a bunch of chancers and egomaniacs. The really good people stay in industry where they are properly respected and rewarded.

We also expect some kind of higher being morally speaking. Why should we ? What we get is the same proportion of crooks/liars/decent individuals as any other profession - politicians are just the same cross-section of society as you find anywhere else. To expect them to display a lesser degree of fallibility or a higher ethical standard is BS.

If you truly needed a whiter-than-white candidate for each seat in the Commons there would be a 95% vacancy rate. People make mistakes and do things they shouldn't - it's called human nature.
 
Innocent until proven guilty. However, he has made a right mess for himself, and if it's proven that he was lying..... Oops.

Off with his head :!: :lol:
 
Unfortunately, our politicians are such that as soon as their mouths move, our natural inclination is to believe they are lying. Considering how often they will stitch up some scapegoat (a banker loses his knighthood, but convicted criminals are in the Lords. Someone gets fired after a politician goes on the offensive, Mandelson has had his career resurrected so many times) I hope that if found guilty they hang him out to dry.

Roll on "primaries" so we can vote on who we want to stand for a party before voting who we want in a seat. But I bet that doesn't happen 'cos none of them will vote for it :headbang:
 
Roll on "primaries" so we can vote on who we want to stand for a party before voting who we want in a seat. But I bet that doesn't happen 'cos none of them will vote for it


Strangely the last Conservative candidate for Totnes in Devon was chosen in a " Primary" I believe that was the first ....not sure if it has been repeated anywhere else
 
I got a notice of intended prosecution just like this guy, it is very clear that if you don't tell the truth, the charge will become perverting the course of justice punishable by prison sentence. If he is guilty he deserves everything he gets for thinking he's cleverer than the rest of us and he can beat the system!

Made me laugh watching BBC News when he climbs into his Prius setting an example to us all (whilst thinking he must drive like a complete d'ck to clock up 9 points in that)
 
Stuart Truman said:
Unfortunately, our politicians are such that as soon as their mouths move, our natural inclination is to believe they are lying. Considering how often they will stitch up some scapegoat (a banker loses his knighthood, but convicted criminals are in the Lords. Someone gets fired after a politician goes on the offensive, Mandelson has had his career resurrected so many times) I hope that if found guilty they hang him out to dry.

Roll on "primaries" so we can vote on who we want to stand for a party before voting who we want in a seat. But I bet that doesn't happen 'cos none of them will vote for it :headbang:
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To quote David Dimbleby on the radio the other day "they (politicians) dont lie, they just dont answer the question" hmmm... :?

Also heard that the maximum sentence Chris Huhne could face for this, if found guilty is life in prison. But highly unlikely.
 
I think Chris Huhne should've gone to Specsavers, have you seen the woman he had an affair with :o if you're going to be "batting away from home" when married pick someone decent, doesn't look the least bit sexy and could be taken for a man :lol:

Some men are easily pleased :o
 
Kryton said:
I think Chris Huhne should've gone to Specsavers, have you seen the woman he had an affair with :o if you're going to be "batting away from home" when married pick someone decent, doesn't look the least bit sexy and could be taken for a man :lol:

Some men are easily pleased :o
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well his ex wasn't exactly an oil painting..... :rofl:
 
lacroupade said:
Kryton said:
I think Chris Huhne should've gone to Specsavers, have you seen the woman he had an affair with :o if you're going to be "batting away from home" when married pick someone decent, doesn't look the least bit sexy and could be taken for a man :lol:

Some men are easily pleased :o
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well his ex wasn't exactly an oil painting..... :rofl:
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Yes I quite agree, you always have a better looking mistress than the wife, it's always good to have a "nice mantelpiece when you're poking the fire", if that was the best I could go out with I'd chop mine off!
 
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