Jeremy Hunt, Sir Alex Allan and David Cameron should all do the right thing and resign
Sir Alex Allan, the independent adviser on the Ministerial Code, is dependent upon David Cameron doing the right thing and referring a case to him to be investigated. Therefore it calls into question his independence. Apparently, Sir Alex Allan has stated that he would resign if an attempt to sideline him was made. Given that Lord Leveson is conducting a public inquiry into media standards, he is not the person to investigate whether Jeremy Hunt has breached the Ministerial Code. Therefore David Cameron's attempt to palm off the matter to Lord Leveson is an attempt to sideline Sir Alex Allan.
David Cameron's decision not to refer Jeremy Hunt to Sir Alex Allan is justicible by way of a judicial review.
Jeremy Hunt, Sir Alex Allan and David Cameron should all do the right thing and resign.
A mixture of law, politics, autobiography and humour. Once described as "The Devilish Advocate" (Guardian), I do have the ability to provoke a response. Sometimes it comes from someone who uses a thought process, and sometimes from jerks usually associated with the knee.
Leveson's rightly pointed out this issue is outside of his terms of reference. Cameron thinks he's being clever (buying time, hoping the storm will pass) by not asking Allen to investigate so as not to "prejudice" Leveson. That is manifest nonsense if you stop and even briefly look at it. After all, criminal investigations are ongoing in tandem with Leveson and there is no suggestion that those investigations will prejudice the Inquiry or vice versa.
ReplyDeleteUltimately, I think Hunt's toast, either way.