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Chris Huhne says speeding allegations 'incorrect'
16 May 2011 Last updated at 13:00

Chris Huhne MP: "These allegations are simply incorrect"
Lib Dem minister Chris Huhne has said allegations he asked someone else to take his penalty points for a 2003 speeding offence are "simply incorrect".
Downing Street said the prime minister had "full confidence" in Mr Huhne after it emerged police were investigating whether an offence took place.
The findings will decide whether a formal inquiry is launched.
The energy secretary said he welcomed the police investigation.

He said the allegations had been "made before and been shown to be untrue".
"I very much welcome the referral to the police as it will draw a line under the matter," he told BBC News.
"I don't want to say any more than that, I think the police can get to the bottom of this."

'In the past'
A senior Lib Dem source told the BBC that Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg had met Mr Huhne on Monday discuss the weekend's allegations, which Mr Huhne denied, and that he retained the Lib Dem leader's full confidence.
Tony Blair remained prime minister while he was investigated, I imagine Chris Huhne can just about cope with being energy secretary”

Asked if Mr Huhne could stay in the Cabinet if the police do formally investigate him, a Downing Street spokesman said: "It has happened in the past."
Mr Cameron was asked if he had confidence in Mr Huhne at a press conference on the government's planned NHS shake-up. He said Mr Huhne had denied the allegations.

Liberal Democrat party president Tim Farron told the BBC's Daily Politics show that he did not think Mr Huhne would have to stand down from the cabinet if there was a full police investigation into the allegations.
He said: "If there's an investigation, there's an investigation. But he denies it. Tony Blair remained prime minister while he was investigated, I imagine Chris Huhne can just about cope with being energy secretary."

'Action where necessary'
Det Supt Wills was charged with looking into the allegations after Labour MP Simon Danczuk lodged a formal complaint with police against Mr Huhne after claims surfaced in newspaper stories following an interview with his estranged wife Vicky Pryce.
Essex Police said: "We are aware of allegations around a speeding offence which is believed to have occurred in 2003. A senior detective from the Kent and Essex serious crime directorate has been appointed to establish if this offence took place and the allegations around it.
"We take allegations such as this one extremely seriously and will take action where necessary."

Mr Huhne, MP for Eastleigh, is Energy and Climate Change Secretary in the coalition government - and was narrowly beaten to the Lib Dem leadership by Nick Clegg in 2007.
He has been in the spotlight recently for his criticism of the Conservatives over their behaviour during the recent campaign over changing the UK voting system - which saw the two government parties on opposing sides of the argument.
He confirmed last year he was splitting from his wife of 25 years, economist Vicky Pryce, and was in a relationship with another woman.
His office has denied the allegation about a speeding offence dating back to 2003, when he was an MEP, saying it had been made before and been shown to be untrue.

"Full confidence" is what PMs always seem to say just before someone is forced from office!

His estranged wife is sticking the knife in, as people often do in 'all's fair in love and war'

Ain't that the truth. It's funny how people can swear their undying love one minute, and take you for everything you've got in the next...

But, OTOH, some women will suffer horrendous abuse for years with barely a peep - "But I love him"

Sorry, just getting that off my chest.

This gives him a lot of time to push his ideas onto the general public while being insulated from their effects himself.

...how the hell have we got into a situation where a law (and its enforcement practice) have got to the point where even members of the government not only flout them but try to cover their tracks?

Leaving aside for a moment the issue of whether he's a nice guy or not, how the hell have we got into a situation where a law (and its enforcement practice) have got to the point where even members of the government not only flout them but try to cover their tracks? What was that slogan? "time for change"???

Where's their moral compass and what message does it send to us mere mortals.. Oh, I know! Do as we say, not as we do.

WHEN does a murder suspect ever get offered a chance to name another person for the crime?

At any time he is being questioned under caution; or if he chooses to give evidence at his trial. "It weren't me guv, it were some other fella."