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| The road ahead for Vicky Pryce and Chris Huhne | The road ahead for Vicky Pryce and Chris Huhne |
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| On a scale of 0 to 10, in a world where police officers collude with each other and their superiors to conceal evidence and perjure themselves to evade charges of assault, how would one rate Vicky Pryce's crime (Clegg denies cover-up claim as Pryce faces jail, 8 March)? A large proportion of the population would probably volunteer to take the speeding points if their partner needed a driving licence for work, and if they thought they could get away with it. I rate such misplaced loyalty as close to zero – worthy of a fine and a wigging from the beaks. Andy Smith Kingston upon Thames, Surrey | On a scale of 0 to 10, in a world where police officers collude with each other and their superiors to conceal evidence and perjure themselves to evade charges of assault, how would one rate Vicky Pryce's crime (Clegg denies cover-up claim as Pryce faces jail, 8 March)? A large proportion of the population would probably volunteer to take the speeding points if their partner needed a driving licence for work, and if they thought they could get away with it. I rate such misplaced loyalty as close to zero – worthy of a fine and a wigging from the beaks. Andy Smith Kingston upon Thames, Surrey |
| • A woman lies about speeding points and is under threat of a jail sentence. Blair lies to parliament and colludes in starting an illegal war which results in hundreds of thousand of deaths and makes millions touring the world talking about it. Teenagers get done for loitering with intent; cheating bankers cause the loss of billions, ruining the lives of countless numbers and receive millions of pounds in bonuses. A pensioner gets charged with keeping a firearm and Cable and Cameron escort weapons manufacturers to India and Saudi Arabia to boost their sales. Is something amiss? Jim McCluskey Twickenham, Middlesex | • A woman lies about speeding points and is under threat of a jail sentence. Blair lies to parliament and colludes in starting an illegal war which results in hundreds of thousand of deaths and makes millions touring the world talking about it. Teenagers get done for loitering with intent; cheating bankers cause the loss of billions, ruining the lives of countless numbers and receive millions of pounds in bonuses. A pensioner gets charged with keeping a firearm and Cable and Cameron escort weapons manufacturers to India and Saudi Arabia to boost their sales. Is something amiss? Jim McCluskey Twickenham, Middlesex |
| • With two careers and more lives in tatters, is there any point in spending £80,000 a year in jailing the two of them? What they should be doing is community work. Both have formidable skills. Pryce could use her linguistic expertise to teach English to immigrant children. Huhne, with his privileged background, could provide tutoring to pupils in deprived areas – or perhaps to adults in prison, without actually being an inmate. Judith Martin Winchester, Hampshire | • With two careers and more lives in tatters, is there any point in spending £80,000 a year in jailing the two of them? What they should be doing is community work. Both have formidable skills. Pryce could use her linguistic expertise to teach English to immigrant children. Huhne, with his privileged background, could provide tutoring to pupils in deprived areas – or perhaps to adults in prison, without actually being an inmate. Judith Martin Winchester, Hampshire |
| • What did Isabel Oakeshott mean exactly when she spoke to Vicky Pryce about "minor risk" in publishing the story of how she had falsely taken the blame and accepted Huhne's penalty points? Surely Oakeshott, as political editor of the Sunday Times, had some knowledge of the law relating to the very serious offence of perverting the course of justice. Vicky Pryce must be asking the same question. Terry Thomas London | • What did Isabel Oakeshott mean exactly when she spoke to Vicky Pryce about "minor risk" in publishing the story of how she had falsely taken the blame and accepted Huhne's penalty points? Surely Oakeshott, as political editor of the Sunday Times, had some knowledge of the law relating to the very serious offence of perverting the course of justice. Vicky Pryce must be asking the same question. Terry Thomas London |
| • It is worth noting, given International Women's Day yesterday, that a jury with a majority of men (seven men to five women) did not appear to have any difficulty in finding Vicky Pryce guilty, while a previous jury of eight women and four men could not arrive at a decision about her guilt. Clarence Matthai Cheltenham, Gloucestershire | • It is worth noting, given International Women's Day yesterday, that a jury with a majority of men (seven men to five women) did not appear to have any difficulty in finding Vicky Pryce guilty, while a previous jury of eight women and four men could not arrive at a decision about her guilt. Clarence Matthai Cheltenham, Gloucestershire |
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