Harriet Harman has interview with the police

[trt]

postponed for a driving offence, as it clashed with the Labour Party Conferance.

So does that mean it will be OK for me, if I have a car accident or incident, to have my interview with the police postponed as I have to go to work, I don't think so?

[Bbbananas]

Who does she think she is?
Apparently, when stopped by a witness to the 'bump' (whilst Ms Harman was on her mobile may I add) - she held up her hand and said "I'm harriet Harman - you know where to find me...." and drove off!!! That's a "Don't you know who I am?" comment if ever there was one.

One rule for some, another for others.... she should be prosecuted on all 3 counts; the accident, the driving away without swapping details and for being on a mobile whilst driving. But will she?

[jake-the-peg]

I know - next thing you know she'll be caught cycling the wrong way up a one-way-street!

I'm sure she'll be done for the accident and the phone ( if it was not a hands free - you seem to be assuming that it was not).

I also don't understand why you don't think she'llbe prosecuted

She was prosecuted in 2003 and again in 2007.

What do you think is special about this time ?

Or is that cynicism based on nothing more than a personal dislike of her?

[Bbbananas]

Actually Jake, you're right - I have no basis at all for assuming she won't be prosecuted, no basis for the assumption she wasn't on hands-free, and to be honest I don't really dislike her - so, my answer was assumprive presumptive rubbish typed off & posted on the spur of the moment really :-)

[Bbbananas]

assumptive !

[jake-the-peg]

Well the fact that she drove into a parked car rather suggests it might not be a hands free but then she doesn't have a history of being the worlds best driver does she.

There's no way she won't be done for driving without due care. Leaving the scene ? Don't know.

I'm not sure exactly what the law says there. She obviously identified herself to someone she thought was the car's owner - is that enough? I don't know.

It could be argued that it's effectively the same as leaving your phone number under the windscreen wiper. It's not like there was someone in the other car to exchange details with.

[Bbbananas]

I supose you're right Jake - I think what irked me was the "Don't you know who I am?" sort of attitude.

[ABerrant]

Isn't it great that holders of High Office in the UK, especially those directly relating to Law and Justice, never lose their position when they break the laws of the land.

Keep up the good work Harriet Harman QC, Solicitor General 2001-2005.

[fredpuli47]

I forgot she is a lawyer (of sorts: she was solicitor general) No wonder she left. She doesn't know what the law is.!

[ABerrant]

I have nothing but the utmost respect for Harriet Harman. How can you not admire a solicitor once held in contempt of court for disclosure to a journalist of documents obtained on discovery (Home Office v Harman [1983] 1 A.C. 280) and who acts in a similar fashion when Solicitor General...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/3564229.stm

and an ex-legal officer for the National Council for Civil Liberties (a.k.a. Liberty) who has consistently voted in Parliament to reduce/remove civil liberties...

http://www.publicwhip.org.uk/mp.php?mpid=1472&dmp=1051

[buildersmate]

Maybe her ability to retain High Office in Labour Government is tied to her long-standing marriage to Jack Dromey - a big-wig in Union circles. We all know who bank-rolls the Labour Party.