Nick Clegg has insisted he will not back down on his demands for Lord Rennard to apologise to women who made allegations about his behaviour. The party's former chief executive has launched legal action to block a second internal inquiry.
The former Liberal leader Lord Steel has told ITV News the Liberal Democrat party has got itself in an "awful mess" over the Lord Rennard saga.
He said: "The first rule in politics is when you're in a hole, stop digging and the fact is they have been digging on both sides for the past two days."
Former Liberal leader Lord Steel has told ITV News the party is in an "awful mess" over the Rennard row and it needs "to get a grip" of it.
Lord Rennard has threatened to take legal action after being suspended for refusing to apologise over sexual harassment allegations.