BWM:
"But she has had the decency and strength of character to resign, Nigel - unlike numerous ministers over the past fourteen years of Tory mis-rule who, when caught with their metaphorical trousers down, hung on until parliamentary and media pressure forced their PM to sack them."

She has had plenty of time to resign since this whole affair first came to light. She delayed that until it had come to the point, with the report by Sir Laurie Magnus in, she had to resign, or be sacked. If you believe that that is a measure of her 'decency and strength of character' then we are clearly using different languages.