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Ed Davey speeds to the airport

Ed Davey airport tweet

It appears that traffic cameras aren’t the only way to track the historical movements of cabinet ministers. We trust the new energy secretary maintained an appropriate speed in these poor driving conditions.

Chris Huhne’s career is toast – will Andrew Lansley be next?

Chris Huhne

With Huhne’s cabinet career now in tatters, could the fate of the member for Eastleigh also hasten the exit of the health secretary? Lobby hack James Macintyre certainly thinks so: With the Health Bill the runaway winner for “most botched coalition legislation” , it’s surely just a matter of timing.

It’s Huhne day!

It’s Huhne day!

With the Crown Prosecution Service to announce whether they will prosecute Chris Huhne at 10am, let’s remind ourselves what the energy secretary was spinning eight months ago: “These allegations are simply incorrect. They’ve been made before and they’ve been shown to be untrue” … here comes the best bit … “and I very much welcome the referal [...]

Police demand Chris Huhne charges on perverting the course of justice

Police urge CPS to charge Chris Huhne

Police have urged the Crown Prosecution Service to bring criminal charges against Chris Huhne, The Times has revealed (£). Alongside an accusation of speeding, a file sent to the Crown Prosecution Service suggests Huhne and his estranged wife, Vicky Pryce should face the much more serious charge of perverting the course of justice — an offence [...]

Back into the eye of the storm

Three days after Essex Police met with the Crown Prosecution Service to discuss allegations of speeding points fraud, Chris Huhne busied himself checking emails as he caught the train back from Gatwick Airport a few minutes ago. At least he wasn’t driving.

Did Huhne overclaim MEP expenses on flight 7775 from Strasbourg?

Efforts to place Chris Huhne “at the scene of the crime” have focused considerable attention on the boarding list for Ryanair flight 7775 from Strasbourg to Stansted. The route was popular with British MEPs and The Sun reports that Huhne made the trip alongside Nigel Farage on 12 March 2003. This would put the energy secretary [...]

The cabinet of the living dead: who will expire first?

The growing scandal around Ken Clarke’s disgusting remarks on rape brought the following observation from Fraser Nelson earlier this afternoon: “By my count, this is five Cabinet members now in ‘dead man walking’ category: Clarke, Cable, Huhne, Spelman, Lansley. #zombiecabinet” Will someone please put them out of their misery?

Chris Huhne denies speeding point fraud allegations

It looks like Chris Huhne has finally crawled out from under his rock. Does this look to you like a man who really “welcomes” a police investigation?