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To: Rt, Hon. Alistair Carmichael MP
Go - Alistair Carmichael - Go!
It is time for you to resign as MP for Orkney and Shetland.
Why is this important?
Alistair Carmichael has admitted that he leaked the memo that began the 'Frenchgate' scandal despite saying that it had nothing to do with him. He now says that he committed an error of judgement. His campaign in Orkney and Shetland was characterised by his attacks on people who disagreed with them accusing them of smears.
This is what he said,
‘I had not seen the document before it was published in the Daily Telegraph, however I was aware of its content and agreed that my special adviser should make it public. I should not have agreed this. It was an error of judgement which I regret. ‘I accept full responsibility for the publication of the document. I have written today to the First Minister and to the French Ambassador to apologise to them both. ‘Had I still been a Government Minister I would have considered this to be a matter that required my resignation. I have therefore informed the Cabinet Secretary that I will decline my ministerial severance payment.’
We do not want to represented by a dishonest politician. If the matter merited his resignation as a Cabinet Minster, it means that he is not fit to be our MP and has to go immediately. He was elected knowing that he had lied to the press and his electorate and must now pay the price.
This is what he said,
‘I had not seen the document before it was published in the Daily Telegraph, however I was aware of its content and agreed that my special adviser should make it public. I should not have agreed this. It was an error of judgement which I regret. ‘I accept full responsibility for the publication of the document. I have written today to the First Minister and to the French Ambassador to apologise to them both. ‘Had I still been a Government Minister I would have considered this to be a matter that required my resignation. I have therefore informed the Cabinet Secretary that I will decline my ministerial severance payment.’
We do not want to represented by a dishonest politician. If the matter merited his resignation as a Cabinet Minster, it means that he is not fit to be our MP and has to go immediately. He was elected knowing that he had lied to the press and his electorate and must now pay the price.
