Hain resigns

Phil Sheldon · 24-01-2008, 09:56 PM

I watched Hain squirming as he gave his speech to the media today.
According to the BBC 6pm news Hain resigned after he received a telephone call telling him that the BiB were going to interview/take a statement from him concerning his funding for his Deputy Leadership bid.
Does his resignation mean an end to the investigation?
I hope not. He is a sleaze ball and if guilty of any 'irregularities' he should be punished. I could not escape any penalties if I was found to have contravened the laws concerning my election expenses and as Hain often proclaims his "integrity and honesty" let him be judged after a thorough,politically free investigation.
As for being shunted off to Europe..........Is'nt it a rest home for inept Labour politicians?

mkpdavies · 24-01-2008, 10:09 PM

Hain comes across as thick to me on T.V. They reckon he got a 1st and is some sort of intellect???? This just about proves he must have got that 1st via dubious means IMHO. I wouldn't trust the guy to be able to do up his laces.

rjt · 25-01-2008, 03:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Britannist

Good question.

It is with enormous pleasure that I heard of his resignation

. Politically, this is some of the best news since Mandelson and Charles Clarke left the Government. Like those two, Hain is a rampant europhile.

This man Hain wrote a book highly critical of the EU, the euro and the EU threat to our liberties in 1996 - but turned pro-EU after appointment to the europhile Blair Labour Government.

In 2003 the awful UKIP-hating Hain told anti-euro protesters to "pack up your placards and go home."

It is an insult to the British people that he was made a minister and Blair and Labour insulted the good folk of Northern Ireland and Wales by later making him Secretary of State for both of those parts of the UK.

I hope that he never gets back into the Cabinet - but I have my doubts. Europhile Mandelson returned to Government after his first 'resignation'.

It is alleged that Hain is not the most popular person in the Labour Party - certainly his poor fifth place in last year's Labour Deputy leadership contest points to that claim being correct.

Another member of The labour party who sacrificed his principles for a seat in government, he will not be missed. I hope the next announcement is the defeat of this government.

Zak64 · 26-01-2008, 12:09 AM

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Originally Posted by Phil Sheldon

As for being shunted off to Europe..........Is'nt it a rest home for inept Labour politicians?

Don't forget inept Tory politicians like Chriss Patten too.

Britannist · 26-01-2008, 07:45 AM

Election loser Patten hates UKIP.

Which means that UKIP is achieving its aim of rattling europhiles

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steve fowler · 26-01-2008, 10:42 PM

Now Alan Johnson is being accused of taking a donation without let anyone know, are we going through all of the senior members of the corrupt Labour party NOW!.

BBC NEWS | Politics | Labour hit by new donations row

Britannist · 27-01-2008, 06:17 AM

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Originally Posted by steve fowler

Now Alan Johnson....

Another anti-UKIP europhile. I am glad his bid to become Labour Deputy leader failed

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steve fowler · 27-01-2008, 11:49 AM

So am i mate

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Britannist · 27-01-2008, 01:10 PM

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24-01-2008, 09:56 PM	#11 (permalink)
Phil Sheldon Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 587	I watched Hain squirming as he gave his speech to the media today. According to the BBC 6pm news Hain resigned after he received a telephone call telling him that the BiB were going to interview/take a statement from him concerning his funding for his Deputy Leadership bid. Does his resignation mean an end to the investigation? I hope not. He is a sleaze ball and if guilty of any 'irregularities' he should be punished. I could not escape any penalties if I was found to have contravened the laws concerning my election expenses and as Hain often proclaims his "integrity and honesty" let him be judged after a thorough,politically free investigation. As for being shunted off to Europe..........Is'nt it a rest home for inept Labour politicians? __________________ Those who would sacrifice Freedom for Safety deserve neither.

24-01-2008, 10:09 PM	#12 (permalink)
mkpdavies Uber Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Woking Posts: 30,615	Hain comes across as thick to me on T.V. They reckon he got a 1st and is some sort of intellect???? This just about proves he must have got that 1st via dubious means IMHO. I wouldn't trust the guy to be able to do up his laces. __________________ http://brits4ronpaul.blogspot.com/ http://wokinglibertarians.blogspot.com/ http://lpuk.org My ignore list Labour, Blue Labour, Lib Dems

26-01-2008, 07:45 AM	#15 (permalink)
Britannist Uber Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: London Posts: 22,896	Election loser Patten, UKIP, rattling europhiles Election loser Patten hates UKIP. Which means that UKIP is achieving its aim of rattling europhiles .

26-01-2008, 10:42 PM	#16 (permalink)
steve fowler Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Warwickshire Posts: 1,176 Party: UKIP	Now Alan Johnson is being accused of taking a donation without let anyone know, are we going through all of the senior members of the corrupt Labour party NOW!. BBC NEWS \| Politics \| Labour hit by new donations row __________________ RULE BRITANNIA BRITANNIA RULES THE WAVES, BRITONS NEVER EVER SHALL BE SLAVE'S. Never give in - never, never, never, never, in nothing great or small, large or petty, never give in except to convictions of honor and good sense. Never yield to force; never yield to the apparently overwhelming might of the enemy. Winston Churchill. When Labour won the 1997 General Election, Enoch Powell told his wife that the electorate had voted to break up the United Kingdom.

27-01-2008, 11:49 AM	#18 (permalink)
steve fowler Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Warwickshire Posts: 1,176 Party: UKIP	So am i mate . __________________ RULE BRITANNIA BRITANNIA RULES THE WAVES, BRITONS NEVER EVER SHALL BE SLAVE'S. Never give in - never, never, never, never, in nothing great or small, large or petty, never give in except to convictions of honor and good sense. Never yield to force; never yield to the apparently overwhelming might of the enemy. Winston Churchill. When Labour won the 1997 General Election, Enoch Powell told his wife that the electorate had voted to break up the United Kingdom.

27-01-2008, 01:10 PM	#19 (permalink)
Britannist Uber Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: London Posts: 22,896	Resignation of europhile Hain ........

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