Dave Does Not Defend Huhne
The Prime Ministers Spokesman said Huhne “denies the allegations” eight times at this morning’s briefing. He also said that the Prime Minister has full confidence in the Secretary of State. Set the stopwatch.
Fast forward to Cameron’s NHS speech moments later, well more importantly the questions afterwards, and Cameron explicitly did not take the opportunity to express his full confidence in Huhne. Lucy Manning of ITV asked “Do you have full confidence in Chris Huhne?” Dave merely said “he denies the allegations”. Read “if he’s lying, he’s out”
Tim Farron was optimistically spinning on the Daily Politics that Huhne wouldn’t have to go even if he was under police investigation, Guido isn’t so sure. Detective Superintendent Tom Wills of Essex Police is investigating whether to investigate “This is the work that my team and I will be carrying out this week.” It really shouldn’t take that long to interview two people and pull up a couple of forms…
Hunt has to go!!!!
Tis the end of the Lib dems for 50 years.
WHat’s happening in 50 years? Can I come?
crosshairs vanished already?
is that faster or slower than you took them down for vince cable after getting that one wrong too? LOL!!!
Fucking great. That will teach the Huhne not to play the drama queen inside cabinet.
What an absolutely shite non denial denial. Straight out of the Thick of It.
Or maybe
Forgotten how good those are…
Yeah, leave that to a natural like Vince.
“I have full confidence in…”
One of the most overused, pathetic and balmy statements in a politicon’s tool box.
…and utterly predictable (we hope).
Can i just add that this is a serous matter, perverting the course of justice whether you are a MP or a member of the public(tho there should be no difference) is a serious matter, The fact that under oath/admitting a crime you are giving false infomation to mislead the police , the courts and a jury makes you unsuitable to then write laws that others have to obey after showing such contempt for the Crimnal justice system and those who serve in it.
And what for? avoiding a 12 month ban? A few extra quid on the insurance? Chris Hunt must resign and if found not guilty then a comeback may be considered. If found guilty then he can join morley, Chaytor,Taylor and hannigfield, Macshane etc in facey justice that so far they have avoided.
All should be equal under the law, No ifs , No buts.
I think a ‘hang him’ is appropriate in these circumstances.
Problem is – there are plenty more where he came from. The political class is stuffed with people like him.
If Huhne is guilty and Cameron takes this seriously shouldn’t Cameron also take David Laws offences seriously. Saying he was hiding his sexuality doesn’t hide the fact that he was stealing from all of us and at £200 a week above the market rate apparently. Doesn’t this make him a common criminal? – Apparently Cameron doesn’t even want these people to have votes never mind be in the cabinet – Why no police involvement here when there is for Huhne?
There is talk of Cameron and Clegg welcoming Laws back into the cabinet shortly. Double standards of massive proportions methinks.
You take one green dickhead out of service and then another one pops up, life gets you in the end especially when your an arrogant tosser know it all, what goes around etc.
I’m not in hiding – I am getting on with important matters in Government which what what my constituents have elected me to do. It’s right that I see through the important reforms we are currently undertaking…
The top cop is on the case.
Hard luck Chris Huhne
A senior detective has been tasked with investigating claims Lib Dem cabinet minister Chris Huhne asked someone else to take his penalty points for a 2003 speeding offence, Essex Police say.
If it is found an offence has been committed, a formal investigation will be launched, Det Supt Tim Wills said
Err, shurely shome mistake. Shouldn’t the investigation come first? Or does he mean ‘whitewash’?
Plenty of whitewash leftover from f king gordon the saviour of the world’s tame judges.
When dealing with offences by people in the public eye, the the detective in charge needs first to thoroughly investigate whether or not it would harm his career if he attempts to prosecute.
Where’s Clegg?
“Huhne tells me he welcomes the police investigation….”
In the same way that one welcomes a hole in the head, presumably??
He’s been there and already got the T shirt, the twat.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trepanning
Nothing like this could have happened when I was Emperor of Mongo.
Sod Huhne.
It’s about time Cameron came clean on who he’s working for – Great Britain or everybody else but.
Lord, even Cable’s got the message now.
Cameron works for me.
And Van Rumpuy Pumpuy works for me.
Does my bum look big in this?
Let me cop a feel and I’ll tell you
Are you under 17?
It’s all a bit odd: speeding points are easy to check on both of their licences. My instinct is that it is true, but that he will rely on “his word against her word” as to who was driving the car, and the cops will be unable to prove anything.
Not after that taped phone call it won’t…
They might if they still have the photo from the speed camera. They probably won’t though, since the speeding offence was some time ago – 2003, I think I saw somewhere.
Except Mrs Huhne was attending a high profile conference in London at the time of the offence.
She would have had to declare the date of the offence when she renewed her car insurance. If a copy of the application/renewal can be found and the date matches when she was at the conference that might take some explaining.
No, Not if he put her name forward as the driver without telling her and his handwriting is on the paperwork and she can prove she was elsewhere.
All he can fall back on then is that he got confused.
This is fairly basic investigation, why it needs a Chief Super and a “team” beats me.
As his fellow LibDem, why wouldn’t Dave have “full confidence” in Huhne?
Oh God, here we go again, another effing hoity-toity politician with his high-and-mighty, pardon-me-for-breathing, we-were-at-Eton-together, you’ll-have-to-speak-to-my-PA, jolly-boating-weather, bent-as-a nine-pound-note, “Oh mater, I’ve gawn to play the grahnd piahno” ways. Dear of dear of dear oh dear, Fowler, if you drag any more of these across my threshold we shall have a very serious falling-out. I put my arse on the line and all you can do is stick up two fingers. Give me an honest bleeding British salt-of-the-earth crack dealer any day of the month!
Well I certainly don’t trust them, or the Limp Dums, and neither should anyone else. They are very, very good in planning to take this country back to the stone age with their ludicrous and totally unaffordable schemes, but I for one would prefer to see common sense prevail.
Yes, I know, pigs and aviation…..
Put the recyling plant next door to where you live you know one of those many houses you still have, well unitil your ex takes you to the cleaners, arrogant tw*t.
Looks like the plot by Tories and Labour has worked, A return to two party politics, In just over 12 months they have destroyed the reputations of Vince Cable, David Laws (twice) , Chris Hunt and the media has helped by demonizing Nick Clegg (Mike Handcock didnt need any help), the dark arts are still the mosteefictive arts used in politics.
Being Limp Dums (excluding Handycock of course), and given that their lust for power far outstrips their ability to handle it when it comes along, I don’t think they needed much help from either Call Me Dave or the nasally-challenged Buzz Lightweight.
The Libdems have been a spanner in the works of proper politics for decades, so good riddance to the fence sitting arsecracks.
Yes, good riddance. Let’s have a simple “choice” between Red Labour & Blue Labour.
Just wondering … is it the name – Hoon ( or Huhne) – that identifies a lying thieving dickhead, or is it the letters ‘MP’ that follow the name?
I would have thought MP, MEP, PM, councillor , Dame , Lord, works for BBC, chief constable, member of ?, should all be investigated to prove innocence.
So Laura K has him on speed dial – filthy hourri !
The Police are conducting a political witch hunt, The Plod have no place getting involved with politics or having any political allegiance ! Wouldn’t have happened when I was at The Yard sweetie pops.
Love,
Brain Paddick , former Deputy Assistant Commissioner , and Lib Dem Mayoral candidate .