Squares have ruined our sleaze scandals

These days even peers are expected to maintain certain standards, as Lord Sewel has learned to his cost.

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Traditionally, the House of Lords was seen as the political equivalent of an old people's home, a place where troublemakers, eccentrics and crooks were put out to pasture. However, these days even peers are expected to maintain certain standards, as Lord Sewel has learned to his cost. The peer has had to resign days after becoming embroiled in a sex and drugs scandal. The Sun on Sunday revealed footage of the former Labour minister enjoying a "seedy romp" at his flat in Pimlico's Dolphin Square.

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