Daft as a brush. How did Britain’s minister for homelessness think she could get away with ejecting her tenants then hiking the rent? Especially since what she did is being outlawed by her own department?
After The i Paper broke the story on Wednesday night, Rushanara Ali thought she could brazen it out, failing to realise why the public would dislike her hypocrisy.
What followed was messy. No 10 didn’t understand the problem at first and went on the offensive. Some officials did not have full access to the facts and had to bebriefed by our reporter.
We resisted attempts to get us to water down the story – because every detail was correct and the reporting fair.
We don’t exist to be popular in Westminster. Our job is to hold power to account and represent our readers. So editors and reporters are familiar with phone calls from angry politicians.
Then the Government capitulated and accepted the truth, that the story was right and Ali was cooked. She was gone by nightfall.
Her eviction from government was inevitable – and reminiscent of the Blair years, when he took a brutal approach to ministerial resignations, forcing colleagues out within hours of their misdemeanour to prevent days of negative headlines.
Forget any sense of “gotcha”. This is about accountability and standards in public life. The seven Nolan Principles guiding public servants demand that they behave with selflessness, integrity, objectivity, accountability, openness, honesty and leadership.
That’s not always an easy task, but it’s essential for public trust.
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