Sir Howard Davies has resigned amidst criticism that the LSE was too close to Saif Gaddafi. Sir Davies said he "jumped" rather than he was "pushed". Edwina Currie, former minister for health who resigned over the salmonella controversy in 1988 and Times columnist Jim White discuss whether there is a right time to resign from a high-profile position.

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