Talk:List of political scandals in the United Kingdom

message: 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)
thread_title: Previous discussions

message: I just finished this article about UK political scandals and was thinking it may be a good contribution here. I'm not familiar with how Wikipedia works so I will let the pro's decide.
http://www.pfhub.com/top-9-political-scandals-in-the-united-kingdom/  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.48.129.251 (talk) 08:04, 10 June 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: what about local politics

message: 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)
thread_title: Requested move

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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)
thread_title: Voting

message: 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)
thread_title: The 19th century and after

message: Should this be in the See also section? Defections are rarely connected with scandal. Sceptic 16:30, 13 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: [[List of British political defections]]

message: 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
*merge Tocharianne 21:07, 30 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: *Agree with AlmostReadytoFly's suggestion. Well, that merge suggestion's only taken 2 1/2 years to discuss. Fences&Windows 21:52, 28 July 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merge Political Sleaze (UK Politics) here 

message: Do we really have to follow the press in titling everything as  ...gate? Surely more appropriate titles can and should be found that do not play on the name of an American building.
Request for appropriate titling.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by KevinCarmody (talk • contribs) 21:04, 23 April 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: And, further to this, the sections need to (a) demonstrate that there was actually a 'scandal' rather than a few minor press reports, and (b) Follow the sources cited. I've removed sections on the so-called 'Smeargate scandal', and on a supposed 'Labour party immigration scandal' as neither offered evidence of notability, and neither followed the sources. This article shouldn't be used as a dumping-ground for badly-written political sniping. AndyTheGrump (talk) 22:03, 7 October 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  AnythingGate 

message: Doesn't anyone contributing to this article understand Wikipedia sourcing policy? Nothing belongs in this article that hasn't been described by reliable sources as a 'scandal' - and on that basis alone, much of more recent the material could be (arguably should be) deleted under WP:BLP policy. Furthermore, the 'Sleaze' section is entirely without cited sources and appears to be original research. I'm going to template the article for now, and if something isn't done to sort problems out pretty rapidly, delete everything that isn't properly sourced. AndyTheGrump (talk) 17:56, 19 September 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: I think it is useful as a list.  I don't think there's much doubt that the rest should go. JRPG (talk) 20:48, 19 September 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  This article is a disgrace 

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thread_title:  External links modified 

message: * https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2021/jul/21/tory-mps-suspended-for-trying-to-influence-judge-in-elphicke-case
* https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-57914664.amp
* https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/tory-mps-should-be-suspended-for-trying-to-e2-80-98improperly-e2-80-99-influence-judge-in-ex-mp-e2-80-99s-case-says-watchdog/ar-AAMoecf
83.100.188.53 (talk) 21:52, 22 July 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  MPs trying to pervert the course of justice 

message: The article ends "It later led to the resignation of the Prime Minister himself."  He has not resigned, he never mentioned the words resign or resignation. He has agreed to step down from the position of party leader at some indeterminate future point, probably in October, once the Party Conference season is over and a new party leader has been appointed. He remains as Prime minister currently - very much not past-tense resigned. 2.31.162.109 (talk) 22:42, 12 July 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Resigned?  No he hasn't 

message: The sacking of Conor Burns appears to be a political scandal. I'm new to editing and I'll admit I don't understand the edit note reason  gave for removing it, so I'm seeking support on adding the following, taken from the Conor Burns page.
* Conor Burns, the Conservative Minister of State for Trade Policy, was sacked from his position on 7 October, and had the whip suspended due to 'complaints about his behaviour' following the 2022 Conservative Party conference. He was also suspended as the patron of the LGBT+ Conservatives.
TurnipWatch (talk) 00:27, 9 October 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: @TurnipWatch, none of the sources there describe a "scandal", so it we brand it as one in this article that would fail the WP:V and WP:BLP policies. -- DeFacto (talk). 08:26, 9 October 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: It looks to me like a scndal. Proxima Centauri (talk) 15:39, 9 October 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: It looks to me like run-of-the-mill politician behaving badly stuff. Give it a few weeks, and see if anyone is still writing about it. AndyTheGrump (talk) 16:17, 9 October 2022 (UTC)

text: Might have been at one time. No longer, unless more to come.Leaky caldron (talk) 16:26, 9 October 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Conor Burns 

message: *https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/government-lead-cut-single-point-owen-paterson-scandal-b964791.html
*https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/give-rule-breaking-mps-a-right-of-appeal-review-recommends-after-owen-paterson-scandal-gbmzs7xv0 
*https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/lobbyists-still-at-heart-of-government/ 
*https://uk.movies.yahoo.com/movies/health-minister-had-meetings-books-214432106.html
*Need I go on?
SmartSE (talk) 11:43, 28 April 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Owen Paterson