After ten years of cover ups and lies, Ming Campbell told the Daily Politics that now was the time for ‘period of calm reflection’. Meanwhile Lord Greaves went all crackers and compared the situation to Apartheid and the Troubles, suggesting that if Gerry Adams and Ian Paisley could reconcile, so could the two camps in this fight. As the unelected male peers and greybeard former leaders slog it out on the airwaves, one person this story is really about has quietly holed Rennard’s excuse for not apologising beneath the waterline:
A specific & sincere apology is always welcome. To use a genuine apology as a basis for a legal action would be unethical. #Rennard
— Dr Alison Smith (@DrAlisonSmith) January 20, 2014
I would like to make it clear that I would *never* use a specific apology as an 'admission of guilt' to be used in a civil action. #Rennard
— Dr Alison Smith (@DrAlisonSmith) January 20, 2014
Having said that, I'm not interested in receiving a 'politician's apology' just to save a job. #Rennard
— Dr Alison Smith (@DrAlisonSmith) January 20, 2014
So that clears that obstacle. Over to you Chris…
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UPDATE: Another Rennard victim, Susan Gaszczak, just told Sky News: “An acknowledgement and an apology is all I want, and this will all go away.”
