In her own Marie Antoinette moment Baroness Scotland insists that what she did in breaking her own law is not particularly different to failing to pay the congestion charge. In one regard, however, she is right.
Were you to break the congestion charge rules, no matter how innocuously or inadvertently, you too could expect to be treated like a criminal and presumed guilty, with an excessive fine imposed. In fact, Lady Scotland’s violation would be treated like a whole raft of other actions that nowadays result in a jobsworth with an over-inflated sense of their own importance treating you as guilty unless proven otherwise, with little in the way of accountability or understanding, and no inclination to consider the personal circumstances of those involved. Her government has introduced a raft of overly intrusive, intolerant, bureaucratic and unnecessary measures with no scope for discretion.
That is why, as Melanie Reid correctly asserts, she deserves no sympathy.
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