No Charges but No Consequences?

The news has emerged that no body is likely to face charges in the cash for peerages affair. The BBC’s Nick Robinson has done an excellent job of summarising the whole thing in his blog.

I am looking forward to seeing some of the apologise that are now due from some parts of the media. However, some suspicions no doubt remain and long-term damage has been done to public confidence.

However, I have long thought that this affair was one of the main motivations behind the renewal of the wrong-headed proposals for turning the House of Lords into an elected chamber. Maybe, in the cold light of day, this will now rightfully fizzle out.

More from me on this topic in the autumn issue of Reformer.