Liberal Democrats hit by new raft of sex pest claims- The Liberal Democrats were hit by fresh allegations of sexual misconduct and cover-up on Saturday night as the party admitted it had failed to “fully live up to our political ideals”.
More allegations of inappropriate conduct were levelled at Lord Rennard, the former party chief executive, including claims that female candidates who wanted access to funding had to put up with harassment.One woman claimed that she was molested at a party for Nick Clegg’s victory as Lib Dem leader, and there were also claims that MPs knew that women were the targets of harassment.
A former party worker claimed that it was “common knowledge” that Lord Rennard had tried to talk a young activist into bed, which was known in Lib Dem circles as the “Peterborough incident”.
23 Feb 2013, 8:23 pm
