Revenge of the Politicians Wife: Episode 78
UK True Crime Podcast
UK True Crime Podcast
4.3 • 2.8K Ratings
🗓️ 7 May 2018
⏱️ 24 minutes
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Summary
This week's episode look at the story of Chris Huhne. A minister in the David Cameron coalition government destroyed by his arrogance, lies and the revenge of his scorned wife.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to episode 78 of the UK True Crime Podcast, I'm Adam. Looking back |
| 0:09.2 | at previous episodes, no doubt all of which to action your mind after re-listening to them |
| 0:14.9 | so many times. A theme we see again and again is jealousy, often followed by revenge. |
| 0:22.0 | And today is no exception. Although today's story was played out across the nation, as |
| 0:27.8 | it featured a high profile public figure. But before we start, a huge thank you to my supporters |
| 0:34.5 | on Patreon, especially my new supporter, Janet Harker. Thanks Janet, much appreciated. |
| 0:41.5 | But before we get started, let's put some context to the time the events we cover today started. |
| 0:47.6 | That's the 12th of March 2003. Top of the UK charts was beautiful by Christina Aguilera, |
| 0:55.3 | keeping Danny Minogue from number one with I Begin to Wonder. Me too Danny, but I guess we're |
| 1:01.6 | very different reasons. In the US, 50 cents was number one with Inder Club, and in Australia, |
| 1:08.0 | the album charts this month were headed by Nora Jones with Come Away with me. In the Oscars, |
| 1:14.2 | the Big winner was Chicago with Nicole Kidman and Adrian Brody. And in the Americas, |
| 1:20.4 | Cupp Elingi defeated Team New Zealand 5-0 to Winnie N. But sadly, the UK news this month was |
| 1:28.4 | dominated by the lead up to the disastrous invasion of Iraq. On March 17th, senior government |
| 1:35.7 | politician Robin Cook resigned as he was opposed to this course of action. Two days later, |
| 1:41.8 | the UK and US-led coalition began the invasion. And just days later, they were the first coalition |
| 1:48.5 | deaths with 11 soldiers of the 500th-7th maintenance company, as well as 18 US Marines killed during |
| 1:57.0 | the first major conflict of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Just a terrible, terrible conflict. |
| 2:04.0 | So, I want to today's story. The son of a West London businessman and an amateur actor, |
| 2:09.9 | his mum was once the voice of the speaking clock. Chris Hoon attended Westminster School |
| 2:16.0 | before going to university in Oxford, where he obtained a first in politics, philosophy and economics. |
| 2:22.6 | He edited the student magazine and was heavily involved in Labour politics, before attending |
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