Presumably, they'll bang him up. The maximum fine for perverting the course of justice is life imprisonment, which is not long enough for this man. But then, this offence does not necessarily mean that the offender does time. A suspended sentence and community service is a possibility.

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Edited by user 11 March 2013 22:24:53(UTC)  | Reason: Not specified

There must be aggravating factors, like position of responsibility and that it's clear his very late guilty plea was the only option left after unsuccessfully trying to wriggle out of it for months.

I'm going for 8 months...

He'll be sitting next to Baroness Udin soon......... after the next honours list - then Clegg can bring him back into government.

Huhne's demise reminds me of another low-life parliamentarian who should also pay for his damage to Britain - Cameron!

I wonder: have you asked yourself why Cameron is pushing gay marriage so hard when it is so destructive for him politically? And similarly destructive also for the long-established way British society has developed - though that is not something that Cameron would care much for!

The only explanation is that he HAS to push gay marriage - or else! Or else what? Threats from various quarters, perhaps? Of certain personal secrets being revealed, perhaps? Is this the only possible conclusion?

One wonders if he might be permitted to perform that "community service", if that is indeed the sentence, at a certain location in Brussels. After all, is that not the way their "Good Ol' Boys' club" works?

That's probably one consiparacy theory too far, this time.

When politicians start to advocate issues that are clearly going to be electorally disastrous, it's almost always because of the pervasive influence of Europe. I'm guessing that the UK is expecting a legal challenge regarding gay marriage under Human Rights legislation and Cameron believes that it will appear better if he starts to advocate it rather than suffer the humiliation of having the European courts telling us we'll have to do it.

In the cold light of day, it's not an issue that I can get at all excited about. I sense it's also a bit like the fox-hunting debate was for Blair's government. If politicians get wound up about gay marriage, it looks as if they're actually doing something.

Edited by user 04 February 2013 13:20:32(UTC)  | Reason: Not specified

No, if he'd taken the hit for that it would all be forgotten. This is all about the conspiracy with his ex-wife to get off the speeding charge by her taking the rap and the elaborate campaign of lies and spin which he and his pals have been involved with since May 2011. Perverting the course of justice.

Now he's been forced to admit it, he doesn't appear to be showing remorse.


Guy Fawkes' Blog is having a field day with it.

http://order-order.com/

Guy Fawkes would have a field day ... that is just about his level.

In May 2011, Huhne's special advisor, Mr Joel Kenrick, was briefing that “These allegations have been made before and have been shown to be untrue.”

Today, Mr Kenrick is "Interim Head of Public Affairs at WWF-UK".

I expressed myself very clumsily. Tens of thousands of people in this country, possibly hundreds of thousands have point shared. They do this because they perceive the punishment of losing a quarter of your license for three years for a perfectly safe act of driving is disproportionate. I doubt most of them even realize they were guilty of perverting the course of justice. I know ignorance of the law is no defence, but the point I'm trying to make is that in the eyes of those who do it, it IS just about the speeding offence. I'm not condoning it, I'm just trying to explain what I see as the rationale.

Of course Huhne is part of the elite, and a holier than thou member of the elite at that, who has foisted this on the British public, and as such forfeits any sort of sympathy. In fact, juvenile though it might be, I'm taking great pleasure in his discomfiture.