No, I don't think he could have honourably done anything else. he was caught red-handed, boasting of his free time, and his 'lack of a salary'. He is a pompous arrogant man, and his career has justly ended in disgrace.
Nick Robinson's view: "Rifkind may hope that by going quickly - as MP & intelligence committee chair - he'll able to win disciplinary enquiry & head to the Lords"
Meanwhile Straw is to take up employment with a firm he is said to have advised in the past.
Could, 'Do as I say, not as I do', be a new motto for MPs?
Rifking couldn't do much else after he said that he hardly does anything, not a good election speech.Man of Straw will be putting on his Teflon suit while he waits for the House of Lords.
What is particularly disturbing about this case is that we are not talking about two run-of-the-mill backbenchers out to make a fast buck, but two men who have both held one of the four great offices of state.
Gromit - "It was probably Rifkind's intention not to stand again."
I take the opposite view - he has been kicked off the gravy train kicking and screaming. He would be guaranteed another term in his safe seat - more chance to read books, and go for walks - oh, and shovel in some dodgy money on the quiet.
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