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Scotland, Dec 8: The controversy surrounding the illegal donations obtained by Charlie Gordon, the MSP of the Scottish Labour Party has already created tremor in the political circle. The opponents were demanding his resignation but he promised to stay. The former leader of Glasgow City Council, Mr Charlie Gordon is under the fire because of the two donations he accepted from Paul Green, a Jersey-based businessman. It is termed illegal as Mr Green is not a citizen of the UK and he has no rights to vote.

This controversy is turning out as a headache for the Scottish Labour Party and it also questions the future of the new leader. As the allegation emerged out it was widely expected that Mr Gordon is expected to quit. However the MSP of the Glasgow Cathcart who resigned as the Scottish Labour party’s transport spokesman stated that he will remain in the post until the investigations of the Electoral Commission is over.

Mr Gordon has kept himself away from the Labour Party. The decisions taken by him are expected to pat badly during the oncoming by-election and also left the possibilities of Gordon being a scapegoat to bear the grunt of the Election Commission’s investigation.

In a video statement Mr Gordon justified his stand. While commenting on the issue he said: “Previous week I understand that I committed a serious mistake by accepting donations that amounts to £1,000. With in no time I responded and had tendered my apology to those concerned. I was misled and I also resigned from the post of shadow transport minister. I also conveyed the information to the Election Commission authorities and they are now in a discussion with me and I cannot disclose anymore.”

The final outcome of the investigation will decide the fate of the emerging leader.

December, 8

When you hear the word smacking you may feel a bitter sensation, but this striking word is much common for French people. A research has revealed that French people have suffered a spanking as a child. The research also tells that about nine out of every ten adults have smacked. Well the facts also revealed that about a quarter of the parents have also slapped their children. All these smashing information reveals the harsh nature of French.

The survey conducted by the Union of Families in Europe has highlighted some really hard facts. According to the survey about 30 percent of the children suffer punishments with a martinet. Punishments has been a part of the French people since their past, as more than 84 percent of grand parents agrees to have punished their wards. But the most interesting part of the survey was when children agreed that the majority of the smacking they got were fair.

It was found that French embraced smacking and punishments as a part of bring up the children in a right manner. And 77 percent of the parents supported that they administered smacking for the betterment of their children. Even the elder generation of grand parents feel that a little bit of smacking is needed and justified.

If we look to the other side of the story, other major European countries like Germany and Sweden have banned the smacking nature. Commenting on the issue Jacqueline Cornet, the French campaigning group No Hits No Smacks said, such corporal punishments cannot improve the child, it would just harm them.

So now it is on the hands of parents how they handle the situation without any punishments and hope they achieve success to bring up their children in a disciplined way.