‘So sorry’ – Gary Neville admits to breaking the law and issues an apology

Former Man Utd captain Gary Neville, who has worked as a pundit and coach since retiring, admits to breaking the law and issues an apology.

Nev said on Sunday morning that he is “so sorry” as he prepares to face a driving ban for speeding, opening up about his offence after reading comparisons between speeding and the Partygate scandal which saw a fines issued.

Boris Johnson became the first sitting prime minister to be handed a fine for breaking the law, while chancellor Rishi Sunak also faces punishment.

Neville, who also made 85 appearances for England during his playing career, said he is due to be banned from driving in the “coming days/weeks”.

The 47 year old, who often calls on Johnson to resign, demonstrated his own remorse for his actions, before saying those in power shouldn’t have any excuses for breaking the law themselves.

There have been suggestions more fines could be handed out for members of the government, after apologies were issued in relation to a birthday party for the Prime Minister in June 2020, all while the country was in lockdown.

Yet, the comparisons to speeding in a statement from an ally of Johnson’s didn’t go down well with Neville.

“If you’re caught speeding at 35mph four times, that doesn’t mean that you were speeding at 140mph,” the ally told The i. “It doesn’t mean that you really endangered life because the cumulative effect of all your speeding in 30mph zones amounts to 140pmh, does it?”

“I can relate to this,” Neville replied on Twitter. “Was recently caught speeding, around 35-40. For first time in 30 years, I’m now over 12 points.

“So I am banned. Because that is the law. And when you break the law it means no excuses, no gaslighting, no lies! Speed kills and I’m so sorry!”

I can relate to this.Was recently caught speeding,around 35-40. For first time in 30 years i’m now over 12 https://t.co/2p80ckZsek I am banned.Because that is the law. And when you break the law it means no excuses, no gaslighting , no lies! Speed kills and I’m so sorry! https://t.co/UlWivPXMhP

— Gary Neville (@GNev2) April 16, 2022

Neville’s comments come with Members of Parliament calling for further sanctions for the Prime Minister. Opposition leader Sir Keir Starmer said “Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak have broken the law and repeatedly lied to the British public. They must both resign.”

“The police have now completely shredded Boris Johnson’s claims that no laws were broken in No 10,” was the verdict of Sir Ed Davey, leader of the Liberal Democrats.. He cannot be trusted and cannot continue as Prime Minister. No other leader in any other organisation would be allowed to continue after law-breaking on this scale.”

Neville often criticises the government, speaking out about previous actions from Johnson and co. This came in December 2021 after The Mirror stated that Johnson and his aides broke the law with a Christmas party the previous year.

“We’ve seen it for the last two years,” Neville said. “This guy lacks integrity. He lies to us constantly. The mistruths that come out of number 10 are just constant.”

Twitter users reacted as Gary Neville admits to breaking the law and issues an apology…

@ToryLiesKill: Gary Neville for PM. Already shown more dignity than the current one.

@Nemesis41067680: Why don’t you gloss over all the other laws you broke to get the 12 points? Dangerous and reckless hardly a fair comparison.

@StirlingBlue1: Speeding in a car is alot more dangerous than popping into a party celebration.

@veryfathomer: Gary Neville has admitted he will be banned from driving. He should immediately resign from his job.

@cold957: Gary Neville secured more points on his driving licence than he ever did for Valencia.

@LloydGB1962: Which is more dangerous?Boris eating a bit of cake or Gary Neville putting lives at risk by speeding and/or using a mobile phone whilst driving?

@cold957: Gary Neville offered his snide tweets about The Prime Minister’s FPN, knowing full well he was going to be banned from driving for accumulating a number of FPN’s. That tells you everything you need to know about him.

@centristjim1: no, it’s not the law. You may get banned if you have 12 points. The court hears your mitigation&reasons why you shouldn’t be banned &then can choose not to. Just like how, for example, the PM was at a gathering for 5 minutes & had some cake so of course he doesn’t have to resign

@EnochP0: What Gary forgot to say he has points on his driving licence from using his phone at the wheel & speeding. We all look forward to @GNev2 resigning from his sky sports job in the next 24 hours.

@RockyWasYer: It also means you can’t lecture others

@ianto39: More points than you got when managing Valencia ?

@rayallsop1983: So you think driving dangerously and eating a bit of cake on your birthday is the same thing then Gary ? you can’t make this stuff up really 😂 so the big question is how many times have you been caught driving dangerously over the speed limit?

@Zarah_BukakeMP: On the plus side, you won’t clock up any additional points for your grammar and punctuation. x

@ranger_samy: Will you, along with your family and friends, be resigning?

@omitbdf: “12 points”?! I always believe that making a mistake is good because you learn from it. In your case you clearly haven’t.

@TerryKauffman13: So you persistently break the law and yet still expect to sit in judgment of others. Wow.

@Annlacy7: Cake does not kill. Reckless driving does

@DarrylMcGarvey: What about the photos of you using your phone while driving? Given the evidence did you own up to the police? If not, is this lying? Should you resign? Be fired? Those in sales type jobs would lose if if they lost their licence.

@DavidHeald6: It’s okay. It’s @GNev2 so it doesn’t count. It’s one rule for us who can’t and one for them who can.

@JanenotagainDoe: Nice to hear that the safety of other road users doesn’t mean a 💩 to you…….and even better to hear that you’ve been banned. One less speeding w⚓️ on the road.

@JackieMayes5: So you’ve broken the law many times but this is the first time you have racked up 12 points even with the options of traffic school every 3 years and points dropping off after 4 years. Hmm a bit of a persistent law breaker.

@andrewamg: You think the laws of the UK don’t apply to you, do you? You should be summarily sacked. Neville out! Sack him! #nevilleout @GNev2

@YisraelChaiAdam: Very confused as to why your apology is acceptable but Johnson’s not? Is it one rule for Gary Neville and one rule for everyone else?

@andrewlibra: Speeding in a car is not the same as eating cake is it Gary? 12 points is also no doubt multiple driving offences, not one misdemeanour. Will you be handing in your notice to #SkySport ?

Eating cake is far more dangerous than this 👇 pic.twitter.com/yEyQ75kptj

— Harvey Black (@Black_Author) April 16, 2022