Essex Police finally obtaining the emails from Vicky Pryce to Isabelle Oakeshott at The Sunday Times signals that the police now have a compelling mosaic of evidence that the CPS have little choice but to put before a jury.

Huhne is lashing out accusing Downing Street of dirty tricks, not something that is likely to endear him when it will be for the PM to decide he has to go if charged. It is unlikely that Clegg will go out on a limb to hold on to his sharp elbowed rival.

The Sunday Times also reports that Constance Briscoe, a barrister and part-time judge, a family friend, said she clearly remembered a conversation, during which she advised Pryce to tell Huhne to “go away and come clean”. Evidence that will carry weight…