A British parliament Lord Sewel has resigned as Lords deputy
speaker after a newspaper published video
of him allegedly taking drugs with prostitutes.
He is facing a police investigation after
quitting as Deputy Speaker of the House of Lords over a video allegedly showing
him taking drugs with prostitutes.
Lords speaker Baroness D’Souza branded the peer’s
behaviour “shocking and unacceptable” and said she was calling in Scotland
Yard.
“The revelations about the behaviour of Lord Sewel are
both shocking and unacceptable. Lord Sewel has this morning resigned as
chairman of committees,” Lady D’Souza said in a statement.
“The House of
Lords will continue to uphold standards in public life and will not tolerate
departure from these standards.
“These serious allegations will be referred to the House
of Lords Commissioner for Standards and the Metropolitan Police for
investigation as a matter of urgency.”
The Sun on Sunday footage showed what appeared to be a naked
Lord Sewel, who had responsibility for enforcing standards in the Upper House,
snorting white powder from a woman’s breasts using a five-pound note.
In the film obtained by the Sun on Sunday, Lord Sewel is
shown with two women at his flat in Dolphin Square, Pimlico, a couple of miles
from parliament.
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