Vicky Pryce
Let’s hope Vicky Pryce’s book does teach us about prison
The departure of Chris Huhne and Vicky Pryce from prison yesterday has its lessons for us all, on how to make the most of adverse circumstances. Certainly that’s the happiest… Continue reading
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Why the Huhne/Pryce case makes singleness all the more attractive
Watching the shipwreck of the Chris Huhne and Vicky Pryce court case has made me feel guiltily relieved that, at the age of 42, I haven’t yet married. The operatic… Continue reading
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The Sunday Times jails its source
In a long piece in the last issue of the Sunday Times (£) Isabel Oakeshott, its political editor, wrote of her relationship with Vicky Pryce. She sobbed and sighed. She was… Continue reading
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Breaking: Chris Huhne sentenced to 8 months
Former Lib Dem Energy Secretary Chris Huhne has been sentenced to eight months in jail, a judge has announced at Southwark Crown Court in the last few minutes. His ex-wife… Continue reading
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What was it that made the Vicky Pryce trial so compelling?
Just about the only respectable moral that can be drawn from the grisly extended farce that was the Vicky Pryce trial is that the defence of marital coercion is a… Continue reading
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The Lib Dems make another personal scandal their party’s problem
Another evening and another set of headlines opening with the now familiar line ‘senior Liberal Democrats have denied they knew’. Not the allegations about Lord Rennard (which he denies) this… Continue reading
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Chris Huhne and Vicky Pryce: the politics
What is the political impact of the Chris Huhne/Vicky Pryce case? It’s a question that you’ll hear a lot from those who view everything through what Edward Leigh might call the… Continue reading
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Vicky Pryce found guilty
Vicky Pryce has been found guilty at Southwark Crown Court of perverting the course of justice by taking speeding points for her ex-husband Chris Huhne. Huhne had already pleaded guilty,… Continue reading
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Vicky Pryce and the Usefulness of the Not Proven Verdict
Like John Rentoul, I think much of the scoffing and chortling at the expense of the poor jury asked to consider Vicky Pryce’s guilt (or innocence!) is misplaced. This was… Continue reading
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Vicky Pryce jury discharged, retrial starts Monday
The jury in the trial of Vicky Pryce has been discharged having failed to reach a verdict. The decision comes after the jury informed the judge that they were highly… Continue reading
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