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Yes I do think that he should resign.
Like Peter Hain he knows the rules and he's trying to blame other people for breaking them.
The Shadow Chancellor could hardly have forgotten £487,000 worth of donations. He's facing
questions and calls for his resignation . Both Labour and Conservatives are calling each other
hypocrites which of course they all are!
Osborne blamed unclear instruction and advice on Commons officials who had omitted to report the
donations to the Register of Members Interests. Some of Britains most wealthy people including one
of the Rothschild's had given to his campaign. They were declared to the electoral committee but not
the Register of Members Interests. Rules dictate that donations must be registered there , if over
£1,000 and linked to a member of the house who is linked to the donation by name.
As this seems to be happening so often perhaps MP's need to rethink their roles and any monies
undeclared could be forfeited and given to charity where it would do more good? |
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No I don't think that he should because he hasn't done anything illegal. The only thing he did wrong
was to take bad advice from other commons officials.
If he is very busy in his role of Shadow Chancellor he can't undertake all administrative roles and
that is why staff are paid to do the task of administering for MP's. It is the officials who failed
to do their job properly who should resign.
Nearly half a million pounds is a lot of money and the donors and public have right to know what
members of parliament are doing with these large cash flows. There should be much tighter controls
and public access to the financial workings of MP's and government and shadow government.
However I think, if an MP is well supported by constituents and haven't done anything illegal then,
forced resignation is wrong.
They do need to re-think their role as administrators and must see their own accounts so it's
difficult be see how they can say they don't know about large donations. |
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13 Jan 2008 09:17
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