Coalition Chief Whip Andrew Mitchell is facing mounting pressure to resign after a verbal outburst at a police officer at the gates of Downing Street.
During the rant Mitchell was said to have sworn multiple times and called a policeman a pleb, although Mitchell has apologised he still denies use of the word pleb.
Since the story broke everyone has been quick to make sure their opinion has been heard with most calling for Mitchell to either resign or be sacked, but I think a little perspective is needed here.
First off I think we should wait until the full version of events is available for all to see before we start filling out Mr Mitchell’s P45 for him, and secondly if the language he used was that bad then why didn’t the officer involved arrest him or caution him?
To me it just seems like the guy lost his temper and when you lose your temper you do say things that on reflection make you look like a berk.
If we are going to start sacking people or forcing them to resign for losing their temper or using foul language then nobody would have a job.
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