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From the UK: An affair leads to a Cabinet Minister resigning from office and facing jail for perverting the course of justice. Huhne pays for his infidelity: Minister's career in ruins as feud with ex-wife lands them both in court over speeding pointsThe allegations, which stretch back to 2003, surfaced after the couple separated in 2010 when the Energy Secretary announced he was leaving his wife of 27 years for his aide Carina Trimingham, who had previously been in a civil partnership with a woman. Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...-points-wife-took-him.html#ixzz1lN8JFp00
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Ahem....
Waive, Brittania! Brittania waives the rules!
Even on the Sceptered Isle the pols are fools.
To the tune of.....oh, you get it!
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Fools indeed, NG.
You realise what happened to bring this about? The politician husband got the wife to say that she was driving the car, thus collecting the speeding points. That was in 2003.
In 2010, he leaves her, a 25-year marriage and three kids, and moves in with what the papers are calling the "bisexual mistress".
The wife goes to the police and tells the truth about taking his points in 2003. Even though she knows she will be charged with the same offence as him (perversion - how apt), she does this, because he has more to lose as a Cabinet Minister with a criminal conviction than she does. They both face jail, but his career is in the toilet. Also, she will get a lesser sentence than him if she admits the charge.
I can completely see why she thought her own criminal conviction was worth it.
Ooooooops! Ouch!!!!!!
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I can completely see why she thought her own criminal conviction was worth it.
Ooooooops! Ouch!!!!!! LOL
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Just wondering - what is the statute of limitations in GB? I think that here in the USA, for something like this it would be seven years. So it may be that she waited long enough so that she would not ultimately by criminally prosecuted, but his career ends up in the crapper by public outrage.
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I don't think we have a statute of limitations on criminal offences. People get tried for offences committed 30 and 40 years ago, for which they have only been identified today because of DNA testing.
I'm certain there is no limitation on perverting the course of justice.
There is no limitation in this case, anyway, because they have both been charged within the past two days. They both face a prison sentence of up to life, but it is likely in fact to come to under two years.
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I don't think we have a statute of limitations on criminal offences.
I think I'll confine my criminal activities to this side of the pond!
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I don't think we have a statute of limitations on criminal offences.
I think I'll confine my criminal activities to this side of the pond! I agree.
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Well, this marriage might be getting off to a rough start.
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BW(Me)aka Scotty:37 DSx2: 10,12 DDAY2(PA)Nov27/09 Plan B Dec18/09 Personal R in works Scotty's THING  Newly Betrayed click herePraying for walls and doors. Thanx MM “Surviving is important. Thriving is elegant.” ? Maya Angelou PROGRESS NOT PERFECTION THANK YOU
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A (late) Valentine's note;
Baby, you are the
Love of my life
Only you are so
Wonderful and giving
Just want to
Offer my love to my
Beautiful woman
PLEASE be mine this Valentines Day!
"An expert is a person who has made all the mistakes that can be made in a very narrow field." - Niels Bohr
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A lovely, touching, and romantic sentiment, Trip!
I do have one question:
Is there any particular reason your positioned it as a "reply" to Scotland?
(Do they even celebrate Valentine's Day in Canada?)
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Did you read it as intended, NG? It's definitely touching.
I hope you had a good one, HHH!
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Trip, you once called yourself contextually retarded. I believe I have exceeded your....density....in that category!
Never would I have put that together.
But I thought ROSES were the archetypal Valentine's symbol, not TULIPS!
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 (ETA, although I had to go back and read HHH's er, uhm, poem a couple of times to figure it out, so I am a bit slow on the uptake this morning)
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FWW
"Snow and adolescence are the only problems that disappear if you ignore them long enough." ~ Earl Wilson
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It's terrible and tasteless... and this time, I just couldn't resist!
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Shhhhh.... don't tell the little red guy that said post was inspired by an NG post speaking of Valentine's Day exchanges!
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Tasteless?
Um...how to put this...
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