Huhne Cry by The Magistrates' Blog

Huhne Cry

written by The Magistrates' Blog on the 05^th February 2013 at 9:51 - Posted in Police Blog

The precipitous downfall of Chris Huhne is a human tragedy for him and for his family. The text and email exchanges with his son that have just come to light are a heartbreaking read. Whatever Huhne's offence, the bitter poisoning of his relationship with his son will, over time, be the hardest thing to bear, Huhne is an able and wealthy man who will, given time, rebuild his life, but the family rift has the potential to sour every new day.
As a father and grandfather, I treasure my family above all else. Whatever Huhne has done, he has my sympathy for the appalling rift with the son who ought to be one of his greatest comforts, and we can only conjecture at the pressure on a young man who should be enjoying the best years of his life as an Oxford student.

L'affaire Huhne has served to remind us of the extraordinary lengths to which otherwise rational human beings will go to avoid losing their driving licence. There are many cases of people spending tens of thousands on Mr. Fixit lawyers, and of others who lie and cheat to avoid the consequences of their actions and end up jailed and ruined, all for the sake of a year's taxi fares.

One of my acquaintances has openly boasted of the fact that he has twice laid off speeding points on to his wife, and that does not cause me to respect him. I am quietly relieved that I do not have to make the moral choice whether to inform the police, because I do not have a shred of evidence other than saloon-bar hearsay.

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