Lord Sewel Resigns, At Last !

[mikey4444]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-33685519

Good riddance !

[lady-janine]

glad to see him go. not very honourable though as he had to be very firmly pushed and did not fall on his own sword right at the beginning.

[Sqad]

Well, that should make the majority of folks, particularly ABers.......happy.

[fiction-factory]

Does he want to spend more time with his, er, family?

[TWR]

Pity for him.

[EDDIE51]

Am I correct in thinking that he still keeps his title and so if he wishes he can return at a later date and claim his £300 a day expenses just by tuning up?

[TWR]

Up to now, yes Eddie, good policy in it?

[Sqad]

Eddie......I don't see why not providing he wears a less provocative coloured bra........say white instead of pink.

[mikey4444]

Eddie...From the BBC link, it says he is resigning from the HOL. So the answer to your question is no.

TWR...why the pity ? By his own admission, he has brought the HOL and his own position into disrepute. I agree with Lady Jane...he had to be pushed onto his sword, rather than fall willingly and 3 days too late. He has left kicking and screaming, rather than in any kind of dignified way. But what kind of dignity can we expect from a man like this ?

To repeat ....good riddance. If he wants to continue to take hard drugs and use the services of prostitutes, than let him carry on.....I really couldn't care less. But he did that at the same time as holding an office in our Houses of Parliament. We should expect and demand better conduct of our public servants.

By the way, it looks as if the Police will be investigating his behaviour.

[EDDIE51]

I may be wrong, but I think that unless he actually renounces his title he can still return.

[EDDIE51]

Lord Jeffrey Archer was jailed for 4 years but still returned to the' Lords'

[mikey4444]

Eddie.....I am now not so sure ! Perhaps one of more knowledgeable AB Members can help out on this.

The Police have raided his home in central London. I am not sure if this is at Dolphin Square but if it is, perhaps they could have a good look around, when they are there........who knows what else they may find at this notorious address !

[-Talbot-]

The police should stop wasting their time on this, no charges will be made.

[Khandro]

His Lordship "snorting powder from a woman's breasts" ?
Makes you feel proud to be an Englishman!

[mikey4444]

Khandro....I am an Englishman, and taking hard drugs and using prostitutes doesn't make me remotely proud, although I am fairly sure your comment was meant to be tongue in cheek !

[jno]

if even lords can't live like a lord, what is England coming to? It's the politics of envy at work here.

“We know of no spectacle so ridiculous as the British public in one of its periodic fits of morality” - Macauley (and, I suspect, Sqad).

[mikey4444]

I am amazed that a public servant, that has been caught out taking hard drugs, and consorting with prostitutes is getting so much support on here !

[Sqad]

^^^ correct jno...LOL

[maggiebee]

Of course Eddie, what would their orchestra do without him?

[ummmm]

I suppose some of us just aren't really bothered, Mikey.

[jno]

they seem like victimless crimes to me, mikey. A driver who exceeds 30mph is more actual danger to the public.