Lord Rennard - Should he apologise?

[LisaContractorUmbrella]

I think the problem with this whole debate is what, these days, constitutes 'inappropriate' behaviour? Could that be something as simple as putting a hand on a knee? It might make some women feel slightly uncomfortable but it cannot be construed as an offence and therefore the perpetrator cannot be prosecuted. I think if politicians apologised every time they offended someone's sensibilities they wouldn't have any time to make a mess of the country.

In my day instances of inappropriate behaviour were dealt with by a strategically placed elbow

[vetran]

I think the problem with this whole debate is what, these days, constitutes 'inappropriate' behaviour? Could that be something as simple as putting a hand on a knee? It might make some women feel slightly uncomfortable but it cannot be construed as an offence and therefore the perpetrator cannot be prosecuted. I think if politicians apologised every time they offended someone's sensibilities they wouldn't have any time to make a mess of the country.

In my day instances of inappropriate behaviour were dealt with by a strategically placed elbow

Not sure how people missed the memo, managing females you don't touch full stop. some of the ladies at work who don't work for me are touchy feely with me but they initiate it, I try to discourage it unless its totally appropriate.

I think I touched my female staff member (other than on the hand) twice in 8 years one hug when a relative died and one hug at her leaving do. anything else was completely accidental and obviously so.

Other managers do touch but I find it odd, its so easy to upset someone.

[xoggoth]

You had to hitchhike round Italy in the 70s. So many hands on my balls my jeans were shiny.

[vetran]

You had to hitchhike round Italy in the 70s. So many hands on my balls my jeans were shiny.

pity really all the hands came from guys called Alfonso!

[barrydidit]

e's been suspended. Dirty fecker's probably got a hard on over it. Should have withdrawn the whip.

[VectraMan]

Guilty until proven innocent from the party that like to go on about civil liberties?

[AtW]

Guilty until proven innocent from the party that like to go on about civil liberties?

Or maybe it's just "balance of probabilities"...

[DirtyDog]

Guilty until proven innocent from the party that like to go on about civil liberties?

Based on evidence which he says he hasn't been allowed to see, from the party that speaks out so much against secret courts.

[hyperD]

There's a certain schadenfreude when the political elite's own foul excrement enters their food chain.

[SueEllen]

Or maybe it's just "balance of probabilities"...

Balance of probabilities.

He should have done his non-apology apology a couple of weeks ago and he would have still been a Lib Dim peer. He could have even got help from a publicist to learn how to act sincere....