He survived here in 2006, despite a blistering judgment from the High Court which concluded that his NIO team had broken the law by appointing an interim Victims Commissioner as a favour to the DUP.
The judge stated that Mr Hain had failed in his “duty of candour” to the court.
Irony number two is that today’s departure is due to a failure to follow the letter of the law requiring transparency on political donations.
Northern Ireland still does not have any transparency on political donations.
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