The ThunderDragon: Hain's Resignation

24 January 2008

Hain's Resignation

He's finally been pushed. There is no way he would have jumped, certainly not of his own accord. He was, of course, allowed to go and make and the announcement himself - all the better to remove Brown from the taint of Hain's corruption accusations by not having his face anywhere near the story. After all, he did say that Hain was incompetent.

Peter Hain's statement - full of phrases such as that he quit to "clear his name", that he felt that he has "no alternative" - just supports this. He has to try and "clear his name" in order to have any chance of getting back into the Cabinet and he had "no alternative" but to resign because he wasn't given any.

This is being claimed by some the first blogging scalp, but I think that the first real blogging scalp is still to come. Although Guido may have may some good points and posts on this issue he, and no other blogger, have yet made the necessary impact and exposure to be able to truthfully claim to have won Hain's scalp.

This is the first ministerial resignation of Brown's premiership. I'm sure it won't be the last, especially as the Hain problem rumbles on, making Harman and Alexander become sitting on a more and more precarious ledge.

SELF-CONGRATULATORY TESTIMONIALS

54th Right of Centre blog - Iain Dale's Guide to Blogging 2007: Top 100 Right of Centre Blogs

79th best Conservative Blog - Iain Dale's Guide to Political Blogging 2006

"I like the way he handles a broad range of subjects in an engaging and friendly manner. Definitely one of the good guys." - Croydonian

"Right-Wing blogging from a UK student. A fresh perspective on a plethora of events with a healthy interest in shelf-stacking to boot." - Cityunslicker

"One of the more depressing aspects of blogging and the modern world is seeing reams of text on a page. The Thunder Dragon's mixture of politics and fun posts, with good illustrations and quickly made points makes his blog an accessible and fun place to discuss and think about politics." - gracchi

"Already an A lister, technical whiz Thunder Dragon shows that not all A listers are stuck up stats groupies who’d sell their grandmothers for more traffic. And he’s on Iain Dale’s list for a reason – he’s simply a fine blogger, scoring highly on the ten point Dale criteria and with his finger always on the political pulse. He's also the technical brains behind Blogpower, along with Ian at Imagined Community." - James Higham

"The ThunderDragon consistently provides an interesting and enjoyable read - always entertaining and often insightful. His writing may even give us a foretaste of our political future. Stick with him. After all, time will cure his youth." - Tom Paine

"Thunder Dragon - Provocative and inventive, especially for this post about how to sort out the USA. About 22." - Matt Wardman

"The Thunderdragon is one of the rising stars of conservative blogging" - Graachi

"... a cheeky young fire breather" - DuSanne

"A lovely little political blog... The articles are competently written with a small levening of opinion but not too much to annoy" - Baht At

LINK TO THE THUNDERDRAGON - WITH A BANNER!