Owen Paterson has resigned, but the headache for the Conservatives is far from over
After a messy 24 hours, the worst-case scenario for the Tories has come to pass: all of the political pain…
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MPs are trying to overhaul a system that is finding them increasingly guilty
Breaches of MPs standards are at their highest level since the expenses scandal.
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Boris Johnson faces Tory backlash after U-turn in Owen Paterson sleaze row
The risk for Johnson is that his rapid reversal makes him look not only incompetent but weak.
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Will voters punish the Conservatives for blocking Owen Paterson’s suspension?
Maybe no one cares about parliamentary procedure. Maybe it matters anyway.
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Owen Paterson’s defenders have no convincing arguments
There is no possible process that would conclude that the Tory MP did not breach parliamentary rules on lobbying.
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