I read with interest yesterday that Stephen Hesford the current Labour MP for Wirral West is standing down as parliamentary aide (though remaining the Labour MP) in light of the Baroness Scotland affair. He is quitting as an ‘act of principle’ and I have to say I agree with him for standing down. For here we have the chief legal advisor to the government refusing to leave her post, comparing her actions to forgetting to pay congestion charges when in fact she broke the law. Her arrogance is startling and endemic of this entire Labour administration. This latest episode serves only to confirm the gross ineptitude, double standards and double dealing of this Labour Government. A government that continually refuses to tell the truth until forced into a position where it has no alternative, from government spending to prisoner release, from home office data loss to smear tactics. This government has lost its way.
Now as we draw closer to the General Election we may well see MP’s seeking to distance themselves from their party supposedly acting as independently minded individuals, but a glance at their voting in Parliament shows they serve only to bolster and maintain this Labour Government.
Yes, principles are at stake, a Nation’s principles, and it’s time this entire failing Labour Government stood down.
