Hain resigns!

[treelover]

Hain has just resigned, sadly it won't make any difference to the implementation of the welfare reforms which are now being driven by senior civil servants. He is the 5th DWP secretary in six years and yet the changes go on remorselessly. But good riddance to bad rubbish, the zeal with which he was pushing through the cuts, etc, won't be forgotten.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7206812.stm

 

[Kid_Eternity]

Who's next? Harriet Harman must be shitting it...

 

[nightowl]

quits to spend time 'clearing his name'. does anyone actually admit anything these days?

 

[lewislewis]

As long as we don't get some right-wing nutjob as next Welsh Sec it's a good thing.

 

[Paulie Tandoori]

James Purnell in to replace him, ex Sec of Culture.

Voted strongly for introducing ID cards.
Voted very strongly for introducing foundation hospitals.
Voted strongly for introducing student top-up fees.
Voted very strongly for Labour's anti-terrorism laws.
Voted very strongly for the Iraq war.
Voted very strongly against investigating the Iraq war.
Voted very strongly for replacing Trident.

Hhmmmm.....

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[bluestreak]

Six months before he's back in another post without a cleared name.

 

[Urbanblues]

He's resigned to devote more time getting his story right.

 

[KeyboardJockey]

He's resigned to devote more time getting his story right.

Shurely that should read 'resigned to spend more time with his money'

 

[Belushi]

As long as we don't get some right-wing nutjob as next Welsh Sec it's a good thing.

Its Paul Murphy again.

 

[Urbanblues]

Shurely that should read 'resigned to spend more time with his money'

No, just as David Blunkett resigned to spend more time with someone else's family; Tony Blair to spend more time with his ego; so Hain needed to devote more time to getting his story straight.

 

[SpookyFrank]

Who's next? Harriet Harman must be shitting it...

Then when she goes there'll be a new deputy leadership campaign, more dodgy campaign donations, more investigations and more resignations-in-disgrace. At this rate there won't be any politicians left before too long, hooray!

 

[Fisher_Gate]

James Purnell in to replace him, ex Sec of Culture.

Voted strongly for introducing ID cards.
Voted very strongly for introducing foundation hospitals.
Voted strongly for introducing student top-up fees.
Voted very strongly for Labour's anti-terrorism laws.
Voted very strongly for the Iraq war.
Voted very strongly against investigating the Iraq war.
Voted very strongly for replacing Trident.

Hhmmmm.....

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