Huhne’s crime not worth jail
Former Minister Chris Huhne and his former wife Vicky Pryce have now been jailed. Can I ask why? I mean they have both committed a crime, but are hardly a threat to the general public.
Prison really is not the appropriate punishment in this instance.
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Hide AdI’m afraid though that the legal profession take crimes such as contempt of court and lying under oath as being really serious, whereas we the public think violent attacks on people and house burglaries as incidents more worthy of a custodial sentence.
Humpty Dumpty of bankers
From: David Fletcher, The Oval, Harrogate.
THE prize for the thickest-skinned banker must surely go to “Humpty Dumpty” Stephen Hester, the Government-appointed RBS chief.
Having successfully sailed through a sea of misuse of capital, replenished by the taxpayer, he now claims a “half size bank” will soon be offered to repay the taxpayers’ bail-out cash.
How does he stay on the wall?
Comic Relief – a rotting corpse
From: Mark Stevens, Sheffield.
PLEASE pass on my voluminous congratulations to Jayne Dowle (Yorkshire Post, March 7) for her forensic dismantling of the case for Comic Relief.
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Hide AdMagnificent. What a breath of fresh air she gave us among the nauseating stench of “celebrity giving”.
No coincidence, I’ll wager, that her piece appears in a title outside the London media village where the rotting corpse of red nose day continues to fester behind the smiley faces of comedians keen to extend their shelf life.