FFS - I agree that they should resign if they break the rules 🙄
But as of this point in time, there is no evidence that Angela Raynor has intentionally broken any rules - just a lot of speculation.
If she is found to have broken the rules either through HMRC investigation, the parliamentary standards committee or some other actual evidence which comes to light then she should absolutely resign or be fired.
But you are right - we clearly do have different standards and values.
You seem to be suggesting that MPs should be held to some ridiculous standard where even the suggestion of wrong doing should result in their resignation even if it is not proven. In todays media and social media driven world, that would turn parliament into a constant revolving door as both sides would start flinging even more mud than they already do.
I don't think people should lose their jobs because of speculation or an unintentional mistake which they then correct, only where there is proof of intention or harm.
For my part I would like to see true integrity come back into politics. I don't want to see MPs slinging insults at eachother across the chamber or slamming each other in the press and calling for resignations constantly or shouting about U-turns when policy is changed because it turns out its wrong or not working. Changing policy in those situations is a good thing!
I want to see MPs debate and disgree on policy in the chamber, to air the issues and ensure that all sides are considered before coming together in committee to compromise and agree solutions which work towards the bettering the quality of life for everyone.
I want them to be at least cordial and respectful if not friends with those they disagree with politically. I want them to model to the general public that its good and healthy to disagree but that it should never be personal.
We need good people from all walks of life to step up and represent us - left wingers, right wingers, centrists, doctors, nurses, teachers, blue collar workers, soldiers, business people, state and privately educated, university educated and not.
But with the current witch hunt culture (on both sides of the isle) no one but the most rabidly idealistic, arrogant and vainglorious will want the job and they are the absolute worst people to run the country.
No ordinary person in their right mind would want to expose themselves and their families to the possibility of having their entire lives constantly raked over by the press looking for any error, issue or mistake to beat them over the head with.
Angela Raynor may have chosen this career, her ex-husband, partner and children did not.
MPs need to act with honor and integrity and that includes calling for investigations and proof of intentional and harmful wrongdoing where questions of propriety have been raised.
It does not include calling for resignations before it is confirmed whether an issue is a mistake or an intentional deception, or raking through someone's past for misdemeanors in their youth.
We wouldn't accept that approach in the workplace generally and I don't think that MPs should be held to a standard that is impossible to meet.
Everyone makes mistakes, everyone has things in their past they are ashamed of or would do differently - we need to get back to a place where perfection isn't the goal but growth and development is.
I'd rather have someone represent me who has made mistakes, owned that mistake, corrected it and learned from it than someone who tries to hold themselves up as beyond reproach!