The Lord Rennard case shows that sorry is still the hardest word in politics | Simon Jenkins

Nick Clegg is at the mercy of an 'open market' for vexatious litigation and an upper chamber desperately in need of reform

Nick Clegg must rue the day he failed to push through House of Lords reform. If an MP misbehaves, it is between him and his constituents. Life peers need answer only to God. The gang of political has-beens that constitute the Liberal Democrat peerage has no power, and the money or talent they once brought their party has mostly expired. Now they have ganged up to defend on...