Oh deary me, there’s caught with your pants down and then there’s really, literally caught with your pants down.

It doesn’t help that a mere ten days before a scandalous video emerged Lord Sewel of Gilcomstoun was waxing lyrical about morality and personal honour in an article in Huffington Post UK (HERE). Not that he was speaking out of turn – he is, after all, the head of standards in Britain’s House of Lords.

Lord Sewel stressed that all British members of the House of Lords should obey ‘the seven principles of public life’ – selflessness, integrity, objectivity, accountability, openness, honesty and leadership. Then this, below from the Daily Beast:

And then on Sunday, the Sun published pictures and footage of the head of standards apparently getting naked and snorting cocaine (in time-honoured fashion) off the breasts of a woman—identified by the paper as a prostitute, one of two he had allegedly summoned to his official apartment for an evening’s entertainment.

The video is popping up on YouTube here and there (before being removed) but here’s a brief snippet of the footage:

As you might imagine Sewel has subsequently resigned from his position and will face a police enquiry in the coming days. Another damning picture for us to cackle at…

Should we add a little casual racism to the charges of drug abuse and prostitution? Don’t mind of we do:

Lord also made deeply offensive remarks about Asian women, allegedly saying, “We could do with some nice little young Asian lady tonight, I would’ve thought. But never mind…As I go around London on the Tube from time to time, I think that they’re slim. Many of them are quite attractive, I thought. Not that I’ve ever sort of dabbled…They sort of look innocent but you know they’re whores…That’s a really nice combination, isn’t it?”

What a charming man. Of course the internet didn’t waste time taking the piss. Here’s Lord Sewel’s Wikipedia page after the news broke:

Let’s take a peek at the salacious tabloid fodder that is The Sun and see what other gems they can reveal about Sewel:

One of the escorts told him during the session, which was captured on video: “You’re such a party animal!” He replied: “I know. Disgusting, isn’t it?”

The peer, who at one point puts on one girl’s orange bra, is also asked: “How bad do you want to be tonight then?’’ He responds: “I just want to be led astray.’’

There really is something so quintessentially British about this fall from grace – they just tend to do it with more flair don’t they?

Not that we should mock a family’s misfortune but can you imagine that was your father on the front page come Sunday? Sure you might have plenty of bargaining power but I imagine a few awkward family dinners in the near future.

[sources:thesun&dailybeast]