Britain | Political scandal
The rotters’ club
Just what does it take to be kicked out of the House of Lords?
IN JUNE Lord Sewel, a deputy speaker of the House of Lords, wrote to The Economist to complain about “wearied caricatures” in an article about Britain’s doddery, shambolic upper house of Parliament. But on July 26th it seemed that the same peer had fallen for an even hoarier old cliché of politics: a tabloid sting involving two prostitutes, some lines of unidentified white powder and a hidden camera.
This article appeared in the Britain section of the print edition under the headline "The rotters’ club"
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