Blunkett resignation justified by persistent and continued flouting of rules
David Laws MP, Liberal Democrat Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary, responding to David Blunkett's resignation, said "David Blunkett's departure was both inevitable and justified by his continual flouting of ministerial rules in what appeared to be in his own financial interests. His exit from the Cabinet became increasingly inevitable as he refused to acknowledge his mistakes, and as it became clear that he had been warned on a number of occasions about ministerial rules.