Fox jumps after cat flap

Liam Fox, the Defence Secretary, has resigned over his links to his self-styled 'adviser' Adam Werritty. Here is the full text of his resignation letter to Prime Minister David Cameron.

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Mr Werritty, the best man and self-styled adviser to Dr Fox, will be re-questioned by Cabinet Office officials to try to discover whether he financially benefitted from his links to the minister.

Despite growing calls for his resignation, Dr Fox insisted today he's fully focused on his job as allegations continue to mount about his relationship with Mr Werritty

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Conservative catflap: the truth behind Maya and the deportation row

...Theresa May claimed that a Bolivian student was saved from deportation because he had a pet cat.
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An immigration judge's light-hearted remark about a cat no longer having to fear adapting to Bolivian mice lies behind the outlandish Conservative party conference claim by home secretary Theresa May. Her assertion that a Bolivian student was an illegal immigrant who could not be deported because he had a pet cat – called Maya – was one of three examples she cited as justifying her new drive to prevent human rights protection for family life blocking deportations.

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Minister Oliver Letwin has apologised for disposing of parliamentary papers, including constituents' letters, in a litter bin near Downing Street.

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[Defence Secretary Liam Fox has resigned after a week of pressure over his working relationship with friend and self-styled adviser Adam Werritty.

Mr Fox was being investigated amid claims he broke the ministerial code.

In a letter to David Cameron, Mr Fox said he had "mistakenly allowed" personal and professional responsibilities to be "blurred".

In response, the prime minister said he was very sorry for Mr Fox's departure but "understood his reasons".

Labour said Mr Fox had not upheld the standards expected of ministers and his departure was "inevitable".

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nonconformist said:

That's quite an allegation to make, especially from someone who gets all offended at pejorative mentions of homosexuality,.

@ Imperial; surely by "best" you mean "least incompetant"

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nonconformist said:

He essentially didn't declare that this guy was working on his (and by extension the British Government's) behalf.

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