British peer quits House of Lords amid drug and sex allegations

[unhappycamper]

http://www.dw.com/en/british-peer-quits-house-of-lords-amid-drug-and-sex-allegations/a-18611189

A British politician, Lord John Sewel, has resigned from the House of Lords after a newspaper published a video allegedly showing him using cocaine with prostitutes. Sewel was in charge of standards in the upper chamber.

British peer quits House of Lords amid drug and sex allegations
28.07.2015

Sewel, 69, quit as deputy speaker of the House of Lords on Tuesday, two days after British tabloid "The Sun" published video footage which it said showed him snorting cocaine from a prostitute's breasts through a rolled-up banknote.

"I have today written to the clerk of the parliaments terminating my membership of the House of Lords," Sewel said in a statement. "I want to apologize for the pain and embarrassment I have caused," he added.

Pictures published by the paper on Monday included one on the front page showing the former government minister, who is married, in an orange bra and leather jacket apparently borrowed from a prostitute (as seen above).

In the video released by "The Sun," he is also heard discussing the allowance he receives as a peer, telling two women: "It's not (for) lunch, luvvie darling - it's paying for this."

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[HFRN]

1. it really is a house of cards over there

(glancing smugly at the camera)

[valerief]

2. Are our pols any different in the U.S.? nt