Another day, another damaging scandal rocks failing British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and his train-wreck of a Labour cabinet.
The minister responsible for financial services and fighting corruption was forced to resign yesterday (14) after weeks of turmoil over alleged financial ties to her aunt Sheikh Hasina, recently-ousted prime minister of Bangladesh.
This comes in the wake of a long parade of crises and scandals. A non-exhausting list would remind us that Starmer has been criticized for accepting high-value gifts in the ‘Freebies Scandal’; cruelly cut winter fuel allowance from pensioners; early-released dangerous prisoners from jail; worsening economic conditions are leading to Chancellor Rachel Reeves on the edge of demission; cronyism accusations as the appointing of donors and allies to civil service roles is rampant; and finally their refusal to initiate a National Inquiry into the mass rape of British children by Muslim Grooming Gangs.
Reuters reported:
“Tulip Siddiq, 42, had repeatedly denied any wrongdoing and Prime Minister Keir Starmer said last week he had full confidence in her.
The resignation of a second government minister in two months is a blow to Starmer, whose approval ratings have plunged since his Labour Party won a general election in July.”
Siddiq oversaw the financial services policy in a role that also included responsibility for measures against corruption and money-laundering.
She wrote to the Prime Minister, saying she didn1t want ‘to be a distraction from the work of the government’.
“The government’s ethics adviser said in his letter to Starmer released at the same time that although Siddiq had not breached the ministerial code of conduct, he found it regrettable she was ‘not more alert to the potential reputational risks’ from her family’s close association with Bangladesh. ‘You will want to consider her ongoing responsibilities in the light of this’, he said.”
Starmer wasted no time appointing Emma Reynolds, who was a pensions minister, to Siddiq’s role.
Since December, Siddiq has been part of Bangladesh’s corruption investigation into whether her aunt Hasina, who ruled Bangladesh since 2009, and the family were involved in stealing funds from Bangladeshi infrastructure projects.
“The anti-corruption commission alleged financial irregularities worth billions of dollars in the awarding of a $12.65 billion nuclear power contract, saying Hasina and Siddiq may have benefited.
After facing further scrutiny over the use of properties in Britain linked to Hasina and her supporters, Siddiq referred herself to the government’s independent ethics adviser.”
The evidence at this point appears robust: Siddiq reportedly lived in a north London property given to her family by a Bangladeshi official, and also acquired a second property in London – without paying for it – from a developer linked to her aunt’s political party.
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