Finally to tip of what is already a mini disaster for the labour party, Deputy PM John Prescott was revealed to have been having an affair with his secretary, 43 year old Tracy Temple, that being 24 years his younger. What makes this worse it that Prescott was the chief attacker of the conservative party when it came to sleaze, and the whole time he was actually indulging in sleaze himself.

Now, Should they stay of should they go?
Charles Clarke says that he should retain his position in government as he should be allowed to fix the mistake that he made. Personally I cannot see how this can possibly stand up, if everyone was to plead that they should correct their mistakes, then we would never progress, e.g. Iain Duncan Smith would still be in charge of the Conservative Party, and that’s certainly not what we want! Surely in this modern world, if somebody makes a serious mistake, they should be held accountable, Charles Clarke should do the decent thing and resign now, if he does not then Tony Blair should sack him immediately!

Given more thought, looking at john prescotts case, he should be given the choie, either resign or be sacked! In any other job that would be the choice he would face, had he been having an affair out of office time say at the pub on a sunday then fair enough he should not be sacked, but given the fact that it was happening in the office, he must be sacked. It is clearly a case of gross misconduct, Tony Blair knows that too and by not sacking him is showing a distinct lack of backbone! Look at the Football Assosiation with Mark Palios, when he had his affair with FA employee Faria Alam, he stood down and resigned. Prescott should follow suit!

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