He resigned to clear his name!!!!!

MP Employs His Mum, 80, As A Secretary

Of course the Smugboard new the real reason for his "resignation" and said so, Now Hain shows just how far he has HIS nose in the gravy train trough

But Mr Hain insisted there was no question she did the work for which she was paid.

"I've never hidden anything," he said. "She works really hard, and that's that. She's been here since 1991 and everybody knows about it."

Mrs Hain provides "part-time secretarial assistance and cover for my offices", he said