This lady is the Attorney General, the Government's senior law officer.
She was responsible for pushing through a new law to fine employers who take on an employee who is an illegal immigrant. Her legislation means that an employer can suffer a £10,000 fine even if they did not know an employee was illegal.
This lady has now been found guilty of emplying an illegal herself and has had to pay a £5,000 fine. She broke the law she pushed through.
In any previous Government this would have resulted in the sacking or resignation of the Minister concerned. The Minister would have no credability left having been found guilty of an offense she was responsible for putting on the statute book.
http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/Politics/Attorney-General-Baroness-Scotland-To-Be-Fined-5000-Over-Employment-Law-Breach/Article/200909415386057?lpos=Politics_Carousel_Region_0&lid=ARTICLE_15386057_Attorney_General_Baroness_Scotland_To_Be_Fined_%3F5%2C000_Over_Employment_Law_Breach_
Her position is simply untenable but Brown says she can stay.... This Government has lost all sense of what is right or wrong.
A new development: The PH100 panel of political insiders says she should step down or be sacked by a large margin that crosses the political divide. By supporting her Brown is just demonstrating his usual poor judgement.
http://page.politicshome.com/uk/phi100_baroness_scotland_should_now_stand_down.html