Four weeks to the day since it was reported Chief Whip Andrew Mitchell ranted at police officers outside the gates to no.10, the Tory MP has fallen on his sword and resigned after losing the confidence of his colleagues.
On leaving Mitchell did acknowledge swearing at a the two police officers who refused to let him cycle through Downing Street’s gates, maybe if he had come out and made this public sooner he could have saved his job.
After a month in which this whole saga has dragged on to farcical and ridiculous proportions, I have to ask the question was it all worth it?
I mean what has really been achieved here, the answer is very little, Mitchell has been forced into resigning, despite apologising to the two officers involved and meeting members of the Police Federation to try and draw a line under the issue.
While I admit he should have revealed what he really said, what more could he have done, I think far too much attention was given to a frankly minor issue, he lost his temper he swore big deal, he’s not the first and he certainly won’t be the last.
What makes this whole thing worse is that John Terry has been given a four game ban and £220,000 fine for racially abusing Anton Ferdinand, but will be remain Chelsea captain, continue to play for the club, and earn millions of pounds in the process.
Why isn’t there an extensive media campaign for him to quit football and what about the police officer who tasered a blind man after mistaking his walking stick for a samurai sword, I think there needs to be a greater sense of perspective on what the real issues are and we need to stop obsessing over the trivial.
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