{"id":138336,"date":"2015-07-28T07:37:33","date_gmt":"2015-07-28T07:37:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=138336"},"modified":"2015-07-28T07:37:33","modified_gmt":"2015-07-28T07:37:33","slug":"lord-sewel-resigns-from-house-of-lords-after-drug-claims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2015\/07\/lord-sewel-resigns-from-house-of-lords-after-drug-claims\/","title":{"rendered":"Lord Sewel resigns from House of Lords after drug claims"},"content":{"rendered":"
Lord Sewel has resigned from the House of Lords after being filmed allegedly taking drugs with prostitutes.<\/p>\n
Footage obtained by The Sun on Sunday appeared to show the peer – who had been deputy speaker of the Lords – snorting powder from a woman’s breasts.<\/p>\n
In a letter to the Clerk of the Parliaments, he wrote: “I want to apologise for the pain and embarrassment I have caused.”<\/p>\n