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.
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