Lembit twists the Clegg knife

Lembit the joker makes a deadly serious point: http://t.co/7yXY9mpMfI -- Harry Cole (@MrHarryCole)

0 Comments Steerpike 24 February 2013 20:18

Lembit Opik wades into the Rennard allegations. Photo: Getty Images.

The Lord Rennard scandal is spreading, not least because of Nick Clegg’s willingness to bring in other characters. He even directly named Danny Alexander as central to the disastrous investigation five years ago. Clegg’s statement says they didn’t know the specifics involved or the names of the women.

 A line that does not hold much weight when one of the victims was his own Special Advisor.
As many Liberal Democrats lie low, it would not be a ‘show trial’ without everyone’s favourite yellow clown. Enter stage left Lembit Opik who popped on Sky News. The last person that the party leadership would want to see, and he did not upset the punters:

‘I don’t want to hear all the emotion from Clegg, I don’t want to hear how angry he is. Why did he say at the beginning of the week that he knew nothing about it? If he did know all about it, why were we told that he didn’t?’

The joker makes a deadly serious point.