On the Leap of Faith this week, Jonathan Aitken an Irish-born British former Conservative Member of Parliament in the United Kingdom and a former Cabinet minister speaks to Michael Comyn about his life. Mr Aitken was convicted of perjury and perverting the course of justice in 1999, he received an 18-month prison sentence of which he served seven months. He tells the story of his life that has taken him from war correspondent in Vietnam to television presenter, to a politician to a spell in gaol for perjury.