Mr Watson, 55, is said to have pressured Metropolitan Police officers and peddled false claims made by fantasist Carl Beech of a paedophile ring at the heart of Westminster.
RICHARD LITTLEJOHN: Just when you thought British politics couldn t sink any lower, the odious Tom Watson is about to take his seat in the House of Lords.
Giving a life peerage to former Labour deputy leader Tom Watson is a stain on the House of Lords, Norman Lamont declared yesterday. Mr Lamont argued Mr Watson had destroyed lives
Sadiq Khan has blamed former Met Police commissioner Dame Cressida Dick for the failings in Baroness Casey s report - branding her lethargic, defensive and arrogant .