The last time I saw Caroline Flint in the media she was featured in a rather glamorous photo shoot for a glossy magazine. By any standards, she is a very attractive woman. Her resignation letter to Gordon Brown was rather less alluring.
In a move calculated to cause the maximum damage to the PM, she launched a highly personal attack, accusing the PM of using her as "female window dressing". What tosh.
Caroline Flint resigned as part of a highly organised coup with her mates Hazel Blears and Jacqui Smith and one can only wish that she does not revive a political career devoid of princple but packed with personal ambition. The behaviour of the Blairites deserves punishment - not praise. When Robin Cook resigned from the Cabinet over Iraq, for example, his coleagues on the backbenches applauded him. There is nothing to applaud in the self-seeking antics we have witnessed in the past few days. Yvette Cooper has replaced Purnell at DWP and one hopes she will take another look at the draconian Welfare Reform Bill. Purnell's baby.
On another note Ian Gibson, caught up in the scandal over MP's expenses, has announcd his resignation. Whatever his culpability , one must conclude he has acted out of principle.
It is a shame that the Cabinet Ministers who have also been fingered in the long list of MPs taking advantage of the system do not show one ounce of responsibility, or humility, and do the same.
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