Fiona Onasanya

[Spicerack]

Popcorn time. I'm really looking forward to her defence later on.

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/nov/13/labour-mp-deliberately-misled-police-over-speeding-court-told

[emmie]

another liar to join in with that other Labour MP, lets hope they throw the proverbial book at her, but i bet they don't.

[mushroom25]

I predict she will invoke The Shaggy Defence......

[Spicerack]

^save me googling, could you run that by me again, mushroom?

[mushroom25]

Shaggy Defence - flat denial in the face of incontrovertible evidence.

[Spicerack]

Ah, I'm with you. Ta.

[Deskdiary]

Sometimes people need to be made an example of as to what not to do - surely this is one of those times.

On the assumption the report in The Guardian is true, then she is very clearly a liar who has tried to evade a speeding conviction, and then heaped lie upon lie upon lie.

I feel this warrants a custodial.

[naomi24]

Do the Driver Awareness course or cough up the fine and take the points - but who in their right mind would jeopardise their reputation for a speeding offence? What a complete and utter idiot. Her career as an MP is misplaced. Parliament has enough nincompoops and liars.

[ToraToraTora]

The Huhnes set the precedent, slammer, end of.

[spathiphyllum]

MP lied? What's new? ;)

[emmie]

but rarely committing perjury.

[Jackdaw33]

...and she is a solicitor to boot. She will go down, her parliamentary career is over.

[youngmafbog]

I would not bet on that JD she has two jokers to play and play them she will.

And you should know women never receive the severity of punishment men do.

[emmie]

ymb
not true, you only have to look at women's prisons, often in there for relatively minor offences.

[youngmafbog]

Is true, read the papers. There have been many instances reported.

There are also many men in prisons for minor things.

[Ellipsis]

As TTT said ...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R_v_Huhne

[hereIam]

Beats me how she thought she'd get away with it !

[emmie]

because some think they are above the law. Obviously not in this case..

[DTCwordfan]

she turned on red....?

[hereIam]

Yes, I agree em.