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Why Wolfson’s resignation matters

Why Wolfson’s resignation matters

Government can ill afford to lose well-respected justice minister

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Joshua Rozenberg
Apr 13, 2022
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The government can ill afford the resignation of David Wolfson as a junior minister in the Ministry of Justice.

In his letter to the prime minister today, Lord Wolfson of Tredegar QC said the “scale, context and nature” of breaches of the criminal law in Downing Street “mean that it would be inconsistent with the rule of law for that conduct to pass wit…

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