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And so the first ministerial resignation of the Labour Govt. (that didn't take long).
Louise Haigh has resigned over a decade old guilty plea for misleading the police over a work phone she thought stolen during a 'terrifying' mugging (but which subsequently turned up at home).
Saying 'Whatever the facts of the matter, this issue will inevitably be a distraction from delivering on the work of this government'
And so who will get the transport portfolio?
I don't understand why somebody with this particular conviction would be deemed fit to be appointed to this particular position, given Starmer was aware of it beforehand
Yes, interesting issue; but equally the character of the offence & its mitigation likely played a part in it initial downplaying
I'm sure Starmer is nonplussed as he will just replace her with someone further to the Right
@ChrisMayLA6 Jeremy Clarkson is free
Louise Haigh calls out P&O, the only minister brave enough. Suddenly, the news breaks of something that happened in 2013, which was cleared up and which #Starmer was well aware of when he appointed her.
Coincidence? If you say so.
It is not at all clear who would have known about the matter since it would have been removed from the record some years ago. There has to be a possibility that someone who did know tipped off the #dailymail in order to produce precisely this result. Or it may just be a chance event.
@djr2024 @Gillinger @ChrisMayLA6 Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 - if divulged maliciously, itself a crime
@linuxgnome @djr2024 @Gillinger
Aha, interesting; I didn't know that.... thanks
@linuxgnome @Gillinger @ChrisMayLA6
Indeed so but somehow I doubt there will be much of an investigation into it!
@Gillinger @ChrisMayLA6 I thought she had started well on the railways
@John_Loader @ChrisMayLA6
I thought #Haigh might have been fired for her statement about P&O but #Starmer could hardly have done that when he said the same thing in opposition. He wouldn't want to apoear to be a #hypocrite. He just bided his time until enough had lapsed so that people might not connect the two events and then, mysteriously The Times chanced upon the story. Very Francis Urquhart!