Kind of a bummer as it was a very minor offence and she’s been making all the right noises as Transport Sec, but she’s right to resign: Cabinet members should be above this kind of thing. Can’t have a return to the corruption of the Conservatives
Kind of a bummer as it was a very minor offence and she’s been making all the right noises as Transport Sec, but she’s right to resign: Cabinet members should be above this kind of thing. Can’t have a return to the corruption of the Conservatives
The fact that she has resigned suggests it’s not just a “minor offence” and there’s potentially more to it that we don’t know about.
Officially, the reason is she should specifically have informed the Government about it, i.e., the problem isn’t the offence (minor or not) per se but the process. However, you may be right as Chris Curtis suggests there was more to it: