More on Hain

Incidentally, isn't it absolutely extraordinary that the Prime Minister 'rallies to the defence' of one of his Ministers by saying that his misdemeanour was caused by incompetence rather than actual criminal practice? What sort of an endorsement is that? Peter Hain: not actually a criminal, just an incompetent!

Further, why the hell is Hain still a minister at all? If blatant incompetence isn't a resigning matter (though Estelle Morris resigned for more or less that reason) it should sure as hell be a firing matter.