Now the Metropolitan Police has been called in to investigate whether the law was broken regarding the "cash for peerages" scandal.
There is a law prohibiting the sale of peerages. However the Honours (Prevention of Abuses) Act of 1925 hasn't been used since 1933, when a spy named Maundy Gregory was fined £50 and jailed for six months.
Meanwhile, Home Secretary Charles Clarke has questioned the competence of party treasurer Jack Dromey, who admitted not knowing about £14 million of secret loans the Labour Party received from various donors in the run-up to the last general election.
As for the Conservatives - they have refused to disclose the identity of the wealthy supporters who lent cash to their party.
Mercutio (from Romeo and Juliet) summed it up best:
"a plague o' both your houses."
Police probe into cash for honours
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