John (Lord; for the time being) Sewel is a Scotsman. I think its important to get that out there right at the start. And until Sunday he was the chairman of the Standards and Privileges committee in the House of Lords. The group that monitors, err, well, standards and privileges I’d imagine. To stop Their Lordships and Ladyships stepping over the line. Because if such high powered and ennobled people step over lines, some of the coke might get spilled. Common sense. Or Lordy sense, maybe. Nothing common about these people.

And Lord Sewel set up his committee to prevent abuse of position, to stop any further expenses scandals or even expensive sandals. Anything that we, the good people of Great Britain, are paying for, must be approved and decent and proportionate. He even orchestrated a system, should it be required, for un-Lording people who are naughty. So they can no longer be a part of the Higher House. Which needs to be kept clean so the money-launderers, expense cheats, rapists, child molesters and Arsenal fans can rule the land unimpeded.

He did a good job. A dirty job, but one that needed doing. Without that, there can be no confidence in that part of government. No trust. Its bad enough that they are totally detached from the ‘common man’ but if you can’t trust them to act in our interest, as opposed to their own, then it all comes crumbling down. So well done, John.

Then he met The Sun. Its always The Sun. They video’d him, I don’t know how, enjoying some quiet private time, in the seclusion of his own flat (which we subsidise, by the way).

Some men watch tv to rest and relax. Some play bridge. Others hold dinner parties. John Sewel prefers to hang out with hookers and snort cocaine whilst wearing a bra. But its his own private home. His privacy was invaded by the phone-tappers of the Sun who suddenly create their own version of ‘moral high ground’ for scumbags.

What was really so wrong with Lord Sewel’s behaviour? If you look at it from a non-judgmental position.

I mean; other than from any viewpoint involving morality, decency, legality or acceptability? Other than that he was just minding his own business. My main criticism is that he paid for 2 hookers, at 200 quid each, which is a bit excessive for a man on wages.

We need men like John Sewell. Mainly because to act in such a manner when you aren’t chairman of the standards and privileges committee is funny. If you are, its priceless.

Happy Tuesday

A xxxx