It’s been barely four months since Labour Leader Keir Starmer began his premiership, but it seems like ages, and his government feels tired and spent.
Besides ‘King of Freebies’ Starmer’s own scandals, the policies he has been sponsoring are a total sh**show, as he cuts pensioners’ fuel subsidies during the winter while he frees dangerous criminals from jail. As he doubles down on Ukraine warmongering while pushing for assisted suicide legislation. A horror.
So much so that millions of citizens have signed a petition calling for general election.
Now, another ‘minor’ scandal ecloses on Starmer’s lap, as British Transport Minister Louise Haigh resigned today (29) over a decade-old fraud conviction.
Associated Press reported:
“In a letter to Prime Minister Keir Starmer, Haigh said, “I remain totally committed to our political project, but I now believe it will be best served by my supporting you from outside government.
‘I appreciate that whatever the facts of the matter, this issue will inevitably be a distraction from delivering on the work of this government and the policies to which we are both committed’, she wrote.”
Haigh’s resignation came right after Sky News and The Times newspaper reported that Haigh had been charged with fraud over a decade ago.
She had reported a work cellphone stolen after getting mugged, but later said she had ‘mistakenly listed it among the stolen items’.
“After she found the phone and switched it back on, she was called in for questioning by police. Haigh pleaded guilty to fraud by misrepresentation and was given a conditional discharge.
In a statement before her resignation, Haigh said that ‘under the advice of my solicitor I pleaded guilty -– despite the fact this was a genuine mistake from which I did not make any gain. The magistrates accepted all of these arguments and gave me the lowest possible outcome (a discharge) available’.”
Haigh has been an MP for Sheffield, northern England, in Parliament since 2015, and named for Transport Minister after Starmer was elected in July.
Starmer appointed Heidi Alexander, former London transport system overseer, in Haigh’s place.
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