
Originally Posted by
snootyjim
I would favour fines, but only if they actually mattered.
Wasn't there a case in Switzerland a few years back where someone paid over £100k for a speeding ticket, because fines there are done as a percentage of income/net worth? I wouldn't mind it if that was the way things were done, but if people like Huhne were fined £1,500 then I'd be deeply unimpressed.
As long as prison is a sufficient deterrent (right now I don't believe it is), then I've no objection to people like him being locked up for 1 year, even if it's not particularly expedient to anyone involved.