Mike Yardley: Trevor Mallard has no choice - he must resign now
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I do a love weekend for the chance to take stock.
I would hope that our embattled Speaker of the House has been doing exactly that. Sniffing the breeze.
I have been and despite chatting to numerous people, of all political stripes, the sentiment was unanimous. It’s terminal for Trevor Mallard. The Speaker has to go.
Arrogance during the height of a scandal is one thing. But arrogance in the wake of being found at fault, is the worst possible impulse.
If I went public and wrongly labelled a work colleague or underling as a rapist, it would be rightly adjudged as serious misconduct. I’d be sacked. And you can add to that the legal fallout of the defamation costs. No employer would give an employee going so rogue, a second chance.