Cunobelin wrote:thirdcrank wrote:AFAIK, the only sackable offence for a politician related to truthfulness is misleading Parliament. Also AFAIK, Bozzer's sacking were when he was a journo.
I think the democratic rationale is that if you are elected in spite of things known about you, then the electorate has somehow forgiven you. When he was still a commoner, Baron Blunkett of Brightside and Hillsborough resigned ministerial office twice, for reasons not related to dishonesty. Having been re-elected to Parliament after his first resignation, the prime minister felt able to reappoint him to the Cabinet. After his second resignation, there wasn't another election before the formation of the Coalition Govt.
Mandelon resigned over financial impropriety not once but twice, and there were massive genuine concerns over his part in selling assets to the ~Russian Oligarch whose yacht he was holidaying on. There were also other improprieties and his dubious connections with China.
To this day he flaunts the rules as an ex-Minister by failing to declare clients and the somewhat dubious deals with the Lazzard Bank and Zimbabwe last year
Almost makes Boris look like a good guy
Corrupt lying politicians are common, but only a few seem to be the targets of a baying mob in the same way as Boris
Wasn't Fox fired twice for bad behaviour- including lying?