Wednesday, January 22, 2014

Couldn't happen to a nicer chap or party

The ongoing Rennard scandal with the Lib Dems is making me chuckle a bit as I don't really have much time for that bunch of opportunists since the days of Paddy Pantsdown. That Rennard is accused of being a sexual predator of a minor type (no accusations so far of bedding) is a given, that he knows where the bodies are buried within the Lib Dem structure was a bit of a surprise, but on the whole not that big a surprise...
Mail.
Nick Clegg was last night warned by allies of Lord Rennard he faces a legal ‘bloodbath’ that will rip his party apart.
The peer has instructed a senior QC and plans to seek an injunction unless Mr Clegg halts an inquiry into the charge that he has brought the Lib Dems into disrepute by refusing to apologise over sex pest claims.
Lord Steel last night raised the stakes by saying the threat of expulsion should be withdrawn from Lord Rennard.
Ah the joys of expediency over common decency. You'd have thought that given the seriousness of the charges against Rennard that at least he'd be suspended pending an enquiry, though this is politics we're talking about here and usually not even an arrest is enough to stir the power brokers. Nor despite the claims that it was just a bit of leg touching does it seem to be so trivial, but until all the facts come out we don't know, but I rather suspect that the guy is a bit of a serial groper and has been caught with his hand in the cookie jar despite his high standing in the Lib Dem hierarchy and this has come back to haunt them big time due to their rank hypocrisy when it comes to politics, they are not the genial lentil eating sandal wearers of media myth, they are as cynical and duplicitous at grass roots level as they come, changing official policy on the hoof from door to door depending on the views of those they speak too.
With a bit of luck this scandal will be the final nail in their collective coffin, although their propensity to survive has taken them past the scandals of Thorpe, Oaten, Pantsdown, Huhne, Smith and into power with the Coagulation.
Still, we can hope...


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Anonymous said...

I know that even thieves can have things stolen from them but listening to one of Lord Rennard's accuser on Radio 2 yesterday it is quite clear that she is a professional victim as she managed to get in a dig against a seller of those G-dolls who didn't realise how 'offensive' they have now become.

English Pensioner said...

I would have thought mature women like this should have been able to deal with the matter at the time. Both my daughters have been troubled by sex-pests at work and have managed to deal with it by direct action which certainly did them no harm in the longer term.

Quiet_Man said...

I suppose it depends on how bad the pestery was... so to speak. I'm just enjoying the sight of the Lib Dems tying themselves in knots over what to do about it.

Rickie said...

Just say sorry Lord Rennard for being a pervert!

Cracking story.

Dioclese said...

Whatever he's actually done or not, only an idiot would expect someone to apologise for something he's consistently denied doing and for which there is insufficient evidence to prosecute.

But I still think the blokes a sleeze...