Do MPs need to be told what is right and what is wrong, do they have to have every single contingency written out to them in copperplate? Just because something isn't technically wrong, doesn't mean it's right. Whatever happened to common sense and a instinct for doing the
right thing?
It's their own fault that what should have been a peerage and a dignified end to a lifetime's work has come crashing down around their ears; they were looking to feather their exit strategy and (in Rifkind's case), he looked rather pitiful trying to impress the young female and checking his watch before entering the hotel.
I just wish I had held off on my blog for a few days. They would have made ideal examples, much better than the no-mark that I ended up having to use.
Al Rush | Parliamentary Contributory Pension Fund (PCPF)