PRIVILEGED

From time to time and too often IMHO we read of celebrities, politicians, sportsmen and women etc seeking to persuade magistrates that their particular and often privileged positions offer them sufficient reason why they should be acquitted of offending in driving matters.  It leaves a bad taste in this blogger`s mouth when somebody of such status seeks preferred treatment in our courts. In the dock at Wimbledon Magistrates` Court  Conservative peer Lord Trefgarne`s  excuses for speeding based upon his supposed medical condition and his position as a member of the House of Lords were rejected and he was duly disqualified from driving.  At £300/day attendance allowance he can afford taxis.