I MUST admit that I find the recent press revelations concerning the former Deputy Speaker of The House of Lords and former chairman of the Privileges and Conduct committee who appears to have been caught “in flagrante delicto” absolutely hilarious as it so aptly resembles the story line of Gilbert and Sullivan’s brilliant satirical operetta about high jinks and misbehaviour in the Upper Chamber, Iolanthe or the Peer and the Peri.

JOHN MACKIE
Hendred House, Cowley, Oxford