Doing the right thing

From the BBC:

Confidential details of 15 million child benefit recipients are on computer discs lost by HM Revenue and Customs, the BBC understands.
The chairman of the organisation, Paul Gray, has resigned.

And quite right too. There's the very real possibility that this information could find its way into the wrong hands and have a negative impact on a whole lot of people, some of the most vulnerable people in the country.

You might question whether Mr Gray needed to resign, presumably we'll be hearing from Ken Livingstone soon on how he was doing a difficult job in difficult circumstances, making split second (or 26 minute long) snap decisions.

But resignation's a bit extreme, isn't it ? It's hardy as if members of his team climbed aboard public transport and shot dead an Innocent man, the current bench-mark in the "should I resign or should I stick two fingers up to the law I'm supposed to be upholding & cling on to my huge pension" decision.