So, in this particular experience, no differently, I try to be as creative and honest and interesting of an actor in bringing truth to Jonathan Archer and to our experience.

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Sheridan quoted the sentences given to other high profile perjurers - former Conservative MPs Jonathan Aitken and Lord Archer.

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In Britain, Jonathan Aitken and Jeffrey Archer, two members of former prime minister Margaret Thatcher's government, have both served time behind bars for perjury.

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Huhne's name will now be added to that list of John Profumo, Jonathan Aitken and Jeffrey Archer, politicians all brought down by their ability to lie to Parliament or the courts.

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Those who fell foul of him included politicians (Jonathan Aitken, Jeffrey Archer, Reginald Maudling), union leaders (Clive Jenkins), architects (John Poulson), journalists (notably his boss at the Mirror, David Montgomery), businessmen (the list is long), as well as disc jockeys, civil servants and countless others.

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