Charles Clarke

[caramel_betty]

I went back to re-read Charles Clarke's resignation statement, when he lost the Home Office in the reshuffle and chose to leave the Cabinet rather than being some other post.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/4976620.stm However, I do not think it would be

Comments

[matgb]

Hmm, interesting. Good catch.

[caramel_betty]

It intrigues me, anyway.

When I start getting particularly conspiracy theory loon-ish, it makes me wonder if that's *why* he turned down staying in the Cabinet. He couldn't easily attack Gordon from a minor Cabinet (or just outside the Cabinet) post, so he thought "Shove this for game of soldiers" and decided to go to the backbenches to stamp on his face.