What did Charles Clarke say after his sacking

[Dom Tuk]

referring to the PM sacking of him Charles Clarke said.....'......although i do not agree with his judgement I entirely accept........(here is the crunch point)......he is right to make it......(or was it)...his right to make it. Just was not sure as they mean quite different things and if the latter he is raising the issue if the PM should be there at all. Any thoughts?

[smithers]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/4976650 .stm

[youngmafbog]

No doubt a very bitter man.

He is of course a scapegoat, just one small (not physically of course) cog in a big wheel.

Wont be long ..........

Bye Tony

[johnlambert]

I think it went something like this:-

" Charles you are the weakest link......................

goodbye"

[jno]

as Clarke had already offered to go, and been rejected, it sounds very much as if he's a scapegoat for last night's poll results. Of course the one that everyone wants to go is Blair - but Blair seems not to have twigged this, strangely enough. Nobody voted against Labour because they didn't like Clarke.

[andy-hughes]

I think it's a dreadful indictment of Tony Blair's leadership that he refused to accept Clark's resignation, let him blather on to anyone who will listen that he is 'the right person to sort out the problems', even though he was obviously not 'the right person' to prevent their occurance in the first place, and then sack him as an example of his 'hard leader' act when Labour were rightly chewed up and spat out by the electorate.

I think Charles Clark was the wrong choice for Home Secretary, but then so was Blunkett before him, and Reid after him, so the whole shambles will roll on.

[horselady]

andy-hughes

I agree with you that the Home secretary choices have been totally wrong, but I can't think of anyone who is fit for the task in the present crowd of idiots. It's such a high profile position, Blunkett was dreadful, as was Clarke and now we are saddled with John Reid. It would be good to be able to say "oh so-and-so should get that post" but there is no-one of that calibre. Shocking really.

[jno]

andy I don't think Clarke allowed the problems in the first place - they started long before he was in office. Under Blunkett maybe?

[Lonnie]

I think he had to go, but his offer of resignation was purposely turned down, until after the election, when, as has already been said, he became the scapegoat, he was held onto, for just this pupose.