DO YOU SUPPORT OR OPPOSE ACCUSATIONS OF “CORRUPTION” AND “SLEAZE” AGAINST THE CONSERVATIVE PARTY FOLLOWING THE OWEN PATERSON MP SCANDAL?
This week, the prime minister and Conservative Party faced an enormous backlash over attempts to scrap ethics rules to protect suspended Conservative MP Owen Paterson.
A report by the Commons Standards Committee found the former Environment Secretary guilty of wrongdoing by lobbying on behalf of companies paying him more than £100,000.
Mr Paterson faced a 30-day suspension from Parliament, but the Prime Minister on Wednesday ordered Conservative MPs to protect Mr Paterson by blocking the suspension and to create a new Conservative-led panel to rewrite House of Commons ‘sleaze rules’.
The plans triggered a furious outcry and were immediately plunged into chaos when Labour, the SNP and Liberal Democrats vowed to boycott the new committee.
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Mr Paterson has since resigned as the MP for North Shropshire, with the Prime Minister performing a dramatic U-turn over the decision to protect Mr Paterson and create a Conservative-dominated committee to rewrite House of Commons conduct rules.
Labour Party leader, Sir Keir Starmer branded it government “corruption” and said:
“Boris Johnson must now apologise to the entire country for this grubby attempt to cover up for the misdemeanour of his friend. This isn’t the first time he’s done this but it must be the last.”
The Chair of the Standards Committee described it as the kind of action expected in Russia.
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