'It's all a lie'

When asked to comment on the report above, Mr Jamie Wedderspoon said: "As a politician I am used to facing up to this tissue of misconceptions.

"I have had to face up to these attacks on my character before, and I will face up to them again".

Mr Wedderspoon said that a statement quoting him as having claimed support from the National Party was a "lie".

Asked if at any time he had been a member, or had claimed to have been a member or employee of the party, he said: "That is a lie."

His comment on the report regarding alleged changes of religion was: "Now they're trying anti-Semitism."

Mr Wedderspoon denied calling the Minister of Defence a "fascist". When told that several students were willing to swear that they had heard him, he said: "They are no friends of mine".