Maria Miller: Tory MP forced to resign for expenses fiddling, paralleling the 1847 prosecution of French Minister Teste for corruption.
One of the causes of the French Revolution of 1848 was a couple of scandals involving government ministers. The duc de Praslin was arrested and brought to trial for battering his wife to death because he was in love with an English governess. He committed suicide before being sentenced. A former Minister of Public Works, Teste, was tried in 1847 for using his position to gain industrial concessions. The effect of the two scandals was to reinforce opposition to the Prime Minister, Guizot, and ‘together these cases were taken as a revelation of the manner of life of the governing classes’. (Peter Jones, The 1848 Revolutions (Harlow: Longman 1981) 30).
We’ve had a series of scandals concerning child abuse committed by senior members of the Tory party and Cyril Smith…
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She’ll only be given a better position somewhere else instead. Another job under Cameron again. But this time with more added bonus pays. They seem to assume that crime pays. Not for the rest of us it doesn’t. And that Michael Gove has got to go. We must force them all to resign ASAP.
This is mild. I challenge anyone to check out senior and junior ministers. Name something that a minister is not into. [There then follows a large list of allegations which I have had to edit away – Mike]
I’ve made it very clear that this site cannot repeat unsubstantiated allegations because of our libel laws.