Chris Huhne’s strikingly early release from prison may have one interesting consequence. It means he will be in time to meet the deadline for applications to attend the Lib-Dems’ annual party conference which starts on September 14 in Glasgow.
Huhne and his girlfriend Carina Trimingham attended last year’s conference, even while his legal troubles loomed. “Chris is such a talented gossip and plotter that no conference is quite complete without him,” says one Westminster old-timer.
“Given Nick Clegg’s almost non-existent popularity and the ambitions of various top Lib-Dems to topple him, Glasgow should be a stewpot of schemes and stratagems.”
Huhne will be in his element. So too will his ex-wife Vicky Pryce, I imagine, who doesn’t like to miss party conference either. Perhaps this would be the ideal time to launch her memoirs.
