January 16th, 2008 by ThunderDragon
Who said this about Peter Hain?
It was a mistake that was made. It was an incompetence that he has readily admitted to…
This now goes before the standards committee in the House of Commons, and before the Electoral Commission…
This now goes before the standards committee in the House of Commons, and before the Electoral Commission…
No, not the Opposition, but his own party leader. Brown also said:
And I believe they will understand that this was a failure, that there was no corruption involved, that there was no illegal donation made, and I hope that they will be able to accept his apology.
But even if it isn’t decided to be corruption but ‘just’ incompetence, Hain’s time in government looks close to an end. An incompetent Cabinet minister is as bad to the government’s image as a corrupt one. Though of course if Brown were to sack his incompetent ministers he’d have no-one left…
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