The ThunderDragon: Hain's Donations

10 January 2008

Hain's Donations

Peter Hain failed to declare £103,000 that he raised to pay for his failed deputy leadership bid to the Electoral Commission. Similar to Harriet Harman, yet with a far far far larger amount - but at least they are [or so he claims] made by people legally entitled to donate. A bit of a side-swipe at Harman?

Yet what is Hain's reaction? Of course it isn't to resign from the Cabinet. No New Labour politician would ever consider resigning on principle! Perish the thought. Hain, like the other NuLab ministers, would far rather make a weak apology, express his "regrets", but then blithely declare that it is his duty to remain in the government.

Rather than actually take the flack for their big big mistakes, New Labour minister very much seem to prefer to just mouth the word "sorry" and then feeling that now that they have "apologised" then they can just continue. And then they wonder why no-on trusts them any more.

Sources: BBC, The Guardian, The Times

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