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  For those who may not be up to speed on this story here is a brief synopsis... Journalists working undercover for the Sunday Times managed to tempt 4 Labour Peers into accepting money to change statute book legislation in the House of Lords. The Peers agreed to do this ( it is alleged) and the sums of money changing hands was in the region of £30,000 per individual.The Lords would do the necessary if they got paid these substantial sums. These are all ALLEGATIONs at this stage, so that aspect must be remembered, but at the same time have these guys just been found out with their hands in the till.
  
  The responsible journalists from the auguste Sunday Times have no reason to lie and no doubt will have acquired proof to back up their story. So does this just take the lid off another murky episode in British politics. Are they all doing this? How much of it goes on?
  
  The weird thing is..there are no penalties for getting caught. There are no penalising painful ejections from the upper House or anything of that nature. A chap might get a bit of a mild ticking off but that would be it. One never loses ones Peerage. Heavens no! So there are no consequences either for doing wrong or getting caught.
  
  The LibDems have called for a full Police investigation rather than have the affair just be looked at by a HoL committee. I think this is a good idea, then perhaps Lords or anyone else doing anything dodgy could feel the full brunt of the law. It would stiffen the legal sinews for future cases.
  
  Once again though it leaves the public with a bad taste and a low opinion of politics and politicians.

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