I have been rather taken aback by the journalistic response to the way Chris Huhne suddenly, & after a long period of vehement denials, pleaded guilty to the charge of perverting the course of justice. None of kind of howling that generally greets misdemeanours by politicians.
A tragedy, to see a good & able minister laid low at his age, they say. Almost too painful to have to read searing deatils of the breakdown in his family relationships.
Of course one shares the sympathy, up to a point. But perhaps we have had a lucky escape, in removing a man like him form power?
A man whose public statements come across as showing more irritation than contrition at being bound by pettifogging rules which limit his freedom to drive exactly as he wishes.
Who ended his marriage in sudden, ruthless & brutal fashion when the press got on to the story of an extra-marital affair. Perhaps that’s why the press are showing more contrition now, post-Leveson. Plus, of course, the fact that many may count as a friend one who was himself a journalist for two decades.
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Chris Huhne: A political career in ruins, and all for three penalty speeding points
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