Honestly you'd think people who spend a lot of their time studying and taking various forms of office to get into National politics by being Members of the House of Commons, the Lords or a member of a devolved UK National Assembly or Parliament might of picked up a few ideas about what it requires to hold a senior post.
Evidently in the instance of one Priti Patal Mp International Development Secretary the idea that you might need to tell people such as your department, the Foreign Secretary, a senior Civil Servant or heavens above even the Prime Minister you are meeting senior people including the Prime Minister of another country for talks seemingly didn't exist in the way many of us would not of held talks with other parts of the companies we worked for never mind competitors without clearing it.
Equally having been caught out, verbally chastised by the Prime Minister and upon being told pretty much to declare what talks you had held with who you'd of thought she'd of disclosed every.single.one. but no we don't and then these other talks come to light.
Honestly, who could not say the Prime Minister hand on heart did the only thing open to her to deal with a person who would not tell the whole truth and make it plain if she didn't resign she would be sacked?
All pretense of personal integrity went the minute she chose not to tell the whole truth to Prime Minister May, quite rightly she has to pay the price for her actions and Penny Mordaunt has been appointed to take the position.
Damian Green's position as First Secretary to the State is a different matter that seems to caught in a three ring circus between an investigator who maintains pornography was found on his computer, his successor who says not and Mr Green himself.
Somewhere down the line there must be a record of when the computer was taken in to examine its hard drive together with any external memory used and what was actually found and if there were any pornography on it was it seen to be legal as regardless of personal opinions, some clearly is being permitted to be bought and viewed.
That one will resolve itself in time.
There are ongoing scandals concerning sexual harassment, assault and abuse of power between certain Members of Parliament and people who do things such as research or admin for them as presently the individual member recruits and pays his or her own and there's no proper grievance procedures.
This really needs to change and there should be a proper recruitment system with pay and independent means of complaining in place so people feel free to talk about anything that they are unhappy with.
