Who will win the North Shropshire by-election?
A Conservative win in North Shropshire is essentially inevitable, but that doesn’t mean it's worth ignoring.
ByOwen Paterson
Tories fear the corruption scandal has cut through to voters. It’s worse than they think
The absence of any great political project might prove to be a bigger problem at the next election for the…
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Will Boris Johnson’s proposals on MPs’ second jobs end the sleaze row?
The Prime Minister’s bid to steal a march on Keir Starmer risks further antagonising Tory backbenchers.
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Chris Bryant interview: “Labour should put the ministerial code into law”
The Labour MP and standards committee chair on how his party should respond to the MP corruption scandal and why…
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Why the government cannot escape the Owen Paterson scandal
The row over MPs’ standards lives to see another day, thanks to the efforts of Conservative MP Christopher Chope.
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Want to know who the real metropolitan elite are? Look at the Tory sleaze row
A certain type of right-winger is genuinely capable of believing that £82,000 isn’t enough to raise a family on, while…
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Meet the latest “Tory sleaze” headliner: Natalie Elphicke
The Conservative MP who told Marcus Rashford he should stick to his day job has a second job for which…
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Banning MPs’ second jobs would weaken parliament, not strengthen it
The unintended consequences of reform could result in a decline in the calibre of our MPs and ministers.
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