Lords scandal

**piratelassie** · 27-Jul-15, 11:48

Sewel is to be investigated by the Standards Committee he was Chairman of, you could'nt make it up.

**cptdodger** · 27-Jul-15, 11:58

Originally Posted by piratelassie

Sewel is to be investigated by the Standards Committee he was Chairman of, you could'nt make it up.

And ? What point are you trying to make now ?

**BetterTogether** · 27-Jul-15, 12:04

He has resigned, being pilloried publicly by the media and under police investigation. All quite justified !

**Kevin Milkins** · 27-Jul-15, 13:48

At least in his defence, he was only using a fiver to snort his coke, unlike a lot of these posh snobs with fifty pound notes.

**rogermellie** · 27-Jul-15, 14:56

Originally Posted by Kevin Milkins

At least in his defence, he was only using a fiver to snort his coke, unlike a lot of these posh snobs with fifty pound notes.

exactly, give the guy a break, even his bra looks like it's from Primark .... talk about a storm in a b-cup

**piratelassie** · 27-Jul-15, 20:53

You don't need it explained to you do you?

Originally Posted by cptdodger

And ? What point are you trying to make now ?

**sids** · 27-Jul-15, 20:57

Originally Posted by piratelassie

You don't need it explained to you do you?

Well, he asked.

**cptdodger** · 27-Jul-15, 21:22

Originally Posted by piratelassie

You don't need it explained to you do you?

Usually in your case it's just the slightest excuse to moan, grumble and take a swipe at Westminster/ The Royal Family, and the English in general. Just wondered if there was a point to this current statement of yours. Clearly not.

**squidge** · 28-Jul-15, 01:34

He has not resigned, he has been given a leave of absence. It's yet another grubby episode in what seems to look like a rather grubby place. Yuk

**piratelassie** · 28-Jul-15, 01:36

The point is pointing out the corruption of the Westminster establishment, its just another ongoing scandal coming from that place. Anybody who dos'nt want to recognise this is BBC brainwashed.

Originally Posted by cptdodger

Usually in your case it's just the slightest excuse to moan, grumble and take a swipe at Westminster/ The Royal Family, and the English in general. Just wondered if there was a point to this current statement of yours. Clearly not.

**squidge** · 28-Jul-15, 07:54

And so this morning he is gone. Someone must have finally got through to him a suggested that The sense of entitlement which led him to think a leave of absence was the acceptable thing to do was misplaced. Hallelujah

**BetterTogether** · 28-Jul-15, 09:37

Originally Posted by squidge

He has not resigned, he has been given a leave of absence. It's yet another grubby episode in what seems to look like a rather grubby place. Yuk

He resigned as deputy speaker and chairman of committees immediately.

Then took leave of absence .

Finally resigned from House of Lords.

Let's keep the truth tantamount here rather than twisting things for political ends.

Non of which excuses his behaviour.

But a sad reality is the only law he allegedly has broken is the drug taking.

The rest is just how your morals sit in a so called liberal democracy.

**sids** · 28-Jul-15, 12:16

People who have been democratically elected take drugs and cavort with prostitutes too.

**squidge** · 28-Jul-15, 12:57

They do indeed Sids and they should resign too. You talk about truth. Well the Truth Was that at the point I posted Lord Sewel had NOT resigned from the House of Lords. There was no sleight of hand or dodgy fiddling of the truth. At 12.04 on 27th July he was still a member of the House of Lords and at 01.34 this morning he had not resigned from the House of Lords. He should have resigned from the House of Lords on Sunday!

**BetterTogether** · 28-Jul-15, 14:35

Cavorting with prostitutes may well be morally abhorrent to many folk, but is it illegal and does it warrant a resignation I very much doubt it.

The alleged drug taking is the only illegal activity supposedly partaken by this particular person,personally given the past track record of Lords & MPs I'd be more than happy to see regular random drug tests undertaken on all of them , regardless of party.

**squidge** · 28-Jul-15, 20:22

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Originally Posted by BetterTogether

Cavorting with prostitutes may well be morally abhorrent to many folk, but is it illegal and does it warrant a resignation I very much doubt it.The alleged drug taking is the only illegal activity supposedly partaken by this particular person,personally given the past track record of Lords & MPs I'd be more than happy to see regular random drug tests undertaken on all of them , regardless of party.

If you were a nurse, a doctor, a police officer, a civil servant, a security guard, working in some call centres and found yourself in the same situation as Lord Sewel then you would face disciplinary action and likely dismissal. I'm not even holding this "peer of the realm" to higher standards than these ordinary folk, I'd just like him held to the same standards. He should have had his pass taken off him, his official accoutrements removed and have been escorted off the premises, that's what would have happened to any of those people I mentioned.

**BetterTogether** · 28-Jul-15, 20:31

Isn't he under police investigation and had his house searches by them ? They do require proof that the substance was in fact illegal ridiculous as it may seem the law is the law, since when in this country do we just go along with abandoning the principles of justice. That isn't a defence of him by any standards just due process has to be seen to be done.