Theo Barclay

2018 was a year of rubbish resignations

“Never resign! Wait until you’re fired!” was Winston Churchill’s advice to political colleagues. Unfortunately for today’s frontbenchers looking for a way out, Theresa May has been in no position to sack anyone – no wonder, then, that so many have found themselves making their own way to the door. If nothing else, 2018 will be

The ten greatest political resignations

The first rule of politics is never resign. Yet hapless MPs have been forced to quit in scandals involving sex, theft, drugs, double-crossing call girls and even attempted murder. Others have staged kamikaze resignations to damage their own leaders. Then there are the canny operators who took principled stands, ending up on the right side