Fraser Nelson Fraser Nelson

Lords reform will not be enough to wipe away the shame of loans for peerages

Lords reform will not be enough to wipe away the shame of loans for peerages

issue 10 February 2007

It is a strange form of bombardment. Days, sometimes weeks, can pass without any movement from the Metropolitan Police and it seems as if the all-clear is about to be sounded above the Downing Street bunker. Then, from nowhere, comes another arrest, a fresh revelation, and the turmoil starts again.

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