Lord Sainsbury quits as minister

mkpdavies · 10-11-2006, 01:07 PM

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/6135666.stm

Quote:

Science minister Lord Sainsbury - one of Labour's biggest donors and a close ally of Tony Blair - has resigned, citing personal reasons.
The supermarket billionaire was one of 48 people questioned by police over the "cash-for-honours" affair.

The rats start leaving the sinking ship.

I have been boycotting Sainsbury's for some time because of his support for Labour. This won't make any difference to me.

Britannist · 10-11-2006, 09:26 PM

He's the biggest donor to Labour and has, therefore, played a part in keeping this revolting shower in Government.

Worse still, he is a committed europhile.

His excuse for going is (according to the BBC 1 Television 10 pm news) that he "wants to spend more time on charity work." Well, at least that's a change from the usual excuse given by fleeing ministers (from both this rabble of a Cabinet and from the useless Major regime before it) which was always "wants to spend more time with the family."

10-11-2006, 09:26 PM	#2 (permalink)
Britannist Uber Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: London Posts: 22,896	Europhile Sainsbury quits Science post He's the biggest donor to Labour and has, therefore, played a part in keeping this revolting shower in Government. Worse still, he is a committed europhile. His excuse for going is (according to the BBC 1 Television 10 pm news) that he "wants to spend more time on charity work." Well, at least that's a change from the usual excuse given by fleeing ministers (from both this rabble of a Cabinet and from the useless Major regime before it) which was always "wants to spend more time with the family."

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