GOV: Ministerial responsibility-case studies

Question 1

Who is Tulip Siddiq? What party is she from?

Answer 1

Labour MP for Hampstead and Highgate (Vitas PM)

Question 2

When did Tulip Siddiq resign?

Answer 2

January 2025 ( very early into the new labour GOV)

Question 3

Why did Tulip Siddiq resign?

Answer 3

Corruption allegations about her links to her aunt’s ousted government in Bangladesh

Question 4

Did Tulip Siddiq break the ministerial code?

Answer 4

No

Question 5

Why was Tulip Siddiq right to resign?

Answer 5

Yes:
-Help the government present itself ad differently and have no tolerance for ‘sleaze’
- ‘I had likely become a distraction’ -Tulip Siddiq due to negative press coverage

Question 6

Why was Tulip Siddiq wrong to resign?

Answer 6

-Finding of report: no actual corruption or breaking of ministerial code
-No wrong doing as she declared her links to officals at time of appointment

Question 7

To what extent did Tulip Siddiqs resignation damage Starmer?

Answer 7

• Public perception: folowing ‘freebie-gate’ make party look bad
• Hyposcy: quickly and loudly critising the ethics and standards failing of last gov
• Acting swifty and decisivly, didn’t hurt him too much, shows his standards are high

Question 8

Who is Andrew Gwynne? What party is he from?

Answer 8

Labour MP former jounior health minister .

Question 9

What did the party do to Andrew Gwynne?

Answer 9

‘Administrative suspension’

Question 10

What did Andrew Gwynne do?

Answer 10

Made hatful Whatsapp comments on the ‘trigger me timbers’ group chat:
-Wanted consitutnet to be ‘mowed down by a truck’
-Racist comments about Diane Abbott
-Other hatful and anit semetic remarks about someone being ‘too jewish’

Question 11

When was action taken agisnt Andrew Gwynne?

Answer 11

Febuary 2025

Question 12

Was Andrew Gwynne right to be punished ?

Answer 12

-Yes!
-Made very horrible remarks breaking the minsiterial code
-Must maintain Starmers high standards for office

Question 13

Andrew Gwynne was the …….. to step down from Starmers gov.

Answer 13

Andrew Gwynne was the 3rd to step down from Starmers gov.

Question 14

To what extent did Andrew Gwynne damge stamer as PM?

Answer 14

-Shows hypocsy as he has bad Mps as well can the cons
-Reflacts poorly on him by assciattion althogh Starmer acted decisivly in reperemaning him
-Other deep issues within part
-has Starmer not delt with Antisemitism