A FORMER government minister and his ex-wife were sentenced to jail on Monday in the UK for swapping penalty points while, in our little Republic, allegations that TDs’ penalty points were mysteriously wiped create barely a ripple of controversy.

Disgraced former British energy minister Chris Huhne was yesterday jailed for eight months for lying to police about a speeding offence in a bizarre tale of adultery and revenge that gripped the public.

Chris Huhne and his ex-wife Vicky Pryce are both facing jail in England after she was convicted of perverting the course of justice by taking speeding points for him a decade ago.

Disgraced MP Chris Huhne pressured his ex-wife into having an abortion because it was “bad timing”, she told a court.

Chris Huhne resigned as Britain's Energy and Climate Change Secretary today after being charged with perverting the course of justice over allegations that he asked his ex-wife to take a speeding penalty for him.

Britain's Energy Secretary Chris Huhne is to face prosecution over allegations that he asked his ex-wife to take a speeding penalty for him, the UK's Director of Public Prosecutions Keir Starmer announced today.