Lord Rennard’s hand-brushing is nothing. I’ll tell you what true violation is

‘In my opinion,’ says Alistair Webster QC, author of the Liberal Democrats’ internal report into Lord Rennard’s droit de seigneur-style pulling technique, ‘the evidence of behaviour which violated the personal space and autonomy of the complainants was broadly credible.’ I’ll tell you what behaviour that violates personal space is.

I was on a Nile cruise press trip: Aswan to Luxor.