The BBC News website reports that the Attorney General, Baroness Scotland, is expected to be fined for employing an illegal immigrant; indeed, Guido has just reported that the UK Border Agency has already served her with a formal notice of potential liability.
However the BBC also tells us that, according to Downing Street sources, Gordon Brown has not asked her to resign, despite this development.
If this is true, it would be another huge error of judgment on the part of the Prime Minister. I have blogged previously about a constituent of mine who had to pay a fine of £5,000 for employing an illegal worker whose documents appeared entirely in order. The fine has caused him huge difficulty and nearly resulted in the closure of his business.
My constituent would certainly be incensed if the Attorney General were to continue to enjoy the confidence of the Prime Minister and retain her office; there must be many more like him around the country.
More to the point, if any of your constituents inappropriately claimed £170,000 from the taxpayer for innappropriate reasons, they’d be for prison.
http://www.spectator.co.uk/coffeehouse/5347341/is-baroness-scotland-finished.thtml