Talk:List of political scandals in the United Kingdom

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Should the government's handling of BSE be called a political scandal? Are scandalous incidents leading to political resignations appropriate for this page?

Also, what about foot-and-mouth; the Poll Tax; sleaze; the Dome (although this partially comes under the second question with Peter Mandelson).

We'll end up including everything...!

Then there's the Ground Nuts scheme from the 50s, that business from the 70s with some northern councils being bribed by building companies; some think the Formula One & tobacco advertising business to be scandalous (particularly that they got what they wanted and their money back), and there's always Gladstone and his fallen women. Perhaps we should just redirect the page to British political history....There is of course the traditional observation that with Labour the scandals involve money, and with Conservatives they involve sex. Malcolm Farmer

surely Mark_Oaten gets the honour of being added to this list! KevinCarmody 23:00, 7 February 2006 (UTC)

i can't help but question weather the Burrell_affair was actually a political scandal, but rather a royal scandal. i think there should be a page of royal scandal. KevinCarmody 11:41, 2 March 2006 (UTC)

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[edit] Requested move

British political scandals → List of British political scandals – {It is a list, afterall}

It is a list, afterall. 203.214.49.113 12:44, 7 January 2006 (UTC)

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  • Support It's a list as opposed to an article, good catch Mr. IP! --Lox (t,c) 18:32, 8 January 2006 (UTC)

Moved. —Nightstallion (?) 09:06, 13 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] The 19th century and after

What about Queen Caroline and, quite distinct, Charles Parnell - and a few other events beside.

There should also be mention of the first election for Mayor of London - probably one of the most interesting political events in recent history.

Could also make reference "somehow" to the Chiltern Hundreds. Jackiespeel 17:50, 11 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] List of British political defections

Should this be in the See also section? Defections are rarely connected with scandal. Sceptic 16:30, 13 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Merge Political Sleaze (UK Politics) here

I think Political Sleaze (UK Politics) should be moved here. It's not very substantial as an article and basically just lists a couple of scandals in paragraph form rather than bullet form (as on this page). Tocharianne

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