迟到不足1分钟 英国国际发展大臣辞职

  The British International Development Minister resigned less than 1 minutes late

原标题：英国有位大臣因迟到不足1分钟，辞职了......

【环球网报道记者朱梦颖】“对于迟到的人来说，道歉通常就足够了;但对于一位英国大臣来说，这太迟了以至于无法道歉”，美国《华盛顿邮报》如此调侃道。

1月31日，英国国际发展大臣迈克尔·贝茨在上议院全体议员面前引咎辞职。咎为何？迟到了......还不到1分钟......而在他提出辞职离开议会时，反对党——工党成员也站出来挽留他。

《华盛顿邮报》报道称，英国国际发展大臣贝茨男爵当日参加上议员议会时因迟到不足1分钟而错过了工党议员露丝·利斯特的提问，于是，他选择了辞职。贝茨在众多议员面前表示：“我想就我的无礼向利斯特夫人(Baroness)致以诚挚的歉意，我无法在(会议)一开始就回答她非常重要的问题。”

贝茨继续说道：“我始终相信，我们应该在代表政府回应立法问题时遵从最高标准的礼貌与尊重。”

于是，贝茨宣布辞职并转身离开了上议院......他说：“我感到非常羞愧。”

在几秒钟内从道歉变为辞职，这对他的同事们来说简直太“刺激”了。

“不！”上议院议席里发出了这样的叫声。有些人怀疑地笑了起来，还有人试图伸手把贝茨拉回去。甚至有议员当场挽留贝茨的离开：“他的道歉已经完全足够了。我们任何人都可能会犯错，这只是一个小小的失礼。”

被贝茨错过提问的利斯特夫人也向英国《卫报》表示：“在所有我想让他们辞职的大臣中，他是最后一位。”

几个小时后，唐宁街十号发表声明称赞了贝茨的诚意，并表示贝茨将留下来继续工作。

来源：环球网

 The British International Development Minister resigned less than 1 minutes late

Headline: a British minister resigned for less than 1 minutes late...

[World Wide Web reporter Zhu Mengying] "apologizing for people who are late is usually enough, but for a British minister, it's too late to apologize." Washington Post joked.

In January 31st, the British Secretary for international development, Michael Betts, resigned in front of all the members of the house of Lords. Why blame? It was late... Less than 1 minutes... And when he resigned and left the parliament, the opposition, the Labour Party, stood out to save him.

The Washington Post reported that Bates, the British Minister of international development, missed the question of Labor Party member Ruth Lister when he attended the MP Parliament for less than 1 minutes, so he chose to resign. Bates said before many parliamentarians: "I want to express my sincere apologies to Mrs. Lister (Baroness) for my rudeness. I can't answer her very important questions at the beginning of the meeting.

Bates continued: "I always believe that we should follow the highest standards of politeness and respect on behalf of the government in response to legislative issues."

So Bates announced his resignation and turned away from the house of Lords... "I feel very ashamed," he said.

It was too "exciting" for his colleagues to change from apology to resignation in a few seconds.

"No!" The house of Lords made such a cry. Some people laughed suspiciously, and others tried to stretch Bezla back. Even a congressman left Bates on the spot: "his apology is enough. No one of us can make a mistake. It's just a little disrespectful. "

Mrs. Lister, who was missed by Bates, also told the British Guardian: "he is the last of all the ministers I want them to resign."

A few hours later, Downing street ten issued a statement praising Bates's sincerity and said Bates would stay to continue to work.

Source: global network