You have singled out one paid employee, what about all the other employees, their future's were unsure, their pay dates mucked about and they stuck around.
MW wil benefit from sticking around, he get's the managers job and if he doesn't he gets a nice pay off. If he left do you think ML would have got him back to manage, no he gets it because he stuck around. He knows where he is better off. As for the dignity, he has learnt not to shout his mouth off.
I won't campaign againts MW, but I will be happy when he is no longer part of our club.