Peter Hain, who forgot about the small matter of a hundred thousand pounds, and whose political career expired horribly.
The chief defect of Peter Hain
Was trous’ring cash for his campaign
To fill John Prescott’s roomy shoes
As Labour’s hapless Number Two.
Donors (who must have been insane
To pay for Peter, not champagne)
Gave him thousands, and told him “These
Will help you, so declare them please.”
Alas, poor Hain: his omission
To tell th’ Electoral Commission
About a hundred thousand pounds
Did not impress boss Gordon Brown.
Cried Hain: “My friends, be warned by me,
That financial transparency
Was all that my career requir’d:
It had it not: so it expired.”
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There’s something very sad about a politician losing his job for reasons other than sexual impropriety. If you’re going down, you may as well have fun while you’re descending.
I quite agree. Similarly, if you’re going to get the boot for forgetting to declare £100,000 or so, you’d at least have some consolation if you’d spent it on coke and hookers rather than a miserably failed deputy leadership campaign.
They’re all at it now - with typical Tory one-upmanship…
Puss
At the very least it’s a shame he came fifth out of sixth… still I suppose if you aren’t sharp enough to spot an extra £103,000 then you probably aren’t sharp enough to win.
There is also the particular genius he has for making it look much shadier by setting up a psuedo think tank* to channel money from some businessmen with rather less than impeccable Socialist credentials.
Guiding philosophy: I think Peter Hain should be deputy leader.
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