Chameleon Magazine

Morgan McSweeney has exited stage left in a flurry of noble adjectives and vague regrets — the political equivalent of saying “Oops” with a Churchillian accent. His resignation letter reads like it was written by a focus group that had one eye on a by-election and the other on a job at the BBC.

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McSweeney’s grand exit is a masterclass in political ballet — graceful, rehearsed, and designed to avoid any actual contact with the floor. Let’s be real: nobody resigns in modern politics, they strategically reposition for Act II.

Let’s decode this resignation charade, shall we?

• “After careful reflection…” = The headlines are now worse than the internal polling. Abort mission.
• “I take full responsibility…” = …for giving the Prime Minister bad advice, which he took like a kid grabbing sweets.
• “The only honourable course…” = I could’ve stayed, but Twitter was turning into Mordor.
• “Motivations were noble…” = Disregard all power plays, internal knife fights, and rumours of shouting matches in No.10.
• “Vetting needs overhaul…” = It was the process that let Mandelson through, not the fact that we willingly invited Dracula into the blood bank.
• “Still support the PM…” = Don’t blacklist me, I still like my Downing Street pass and Pret loyalty card.

It’s not a resignation — it’s a real-time LinkedIn update with plausible deniability.

Meanwhile, Peter Mandelson — the necromanced Blair-era relic — continues to haunt the halls of power, trailing Epstein baggage like a Louis Vuitton carry-on. And the Prime Minister? Still in office, still in denial, and still avoiding the one line McSweeney danced around: this wasn’t just bad optics — it was a moral failure.

Labour didn’t just fumble vetting. They let the fox not only into the henhouse, but gave it a lanyard and a diplomatic passport.

🔥 Challenges 🔥

How many more “honourable” resignations before we stop applauding empty gestures? What would real responsibility look like in modern politics — and does it still exist? Drop your fire, your fury, or your finest sarcasm in the blog comments — not just on Facebook where satire goes to die. 💬👊