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 merciless prism of politics. And yet, as James Kirkup points out on his Telegraph blog, this is more about a terrible family breakdown than it is about the Liberal Democrats.
However, as we’re still holding up that merciless prism of politics, here are a few thoughts.
The first is that of course people will discuss this in the bars at the Lib Dem spring conference this weekend. But will it overshadow the event itself? Not really: this has become a story about a broken family and a broken law, not a political party. The Eastleigh by-election has been and gone, the party survived both the Huhne case and Rennard scandal to hold the seat.
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