BORIS JOHNSON has dragged Conservative credibility through the dirt in pursuit of a reprieve for Owen Paterson, an MP who Parliament's Standards Committee found breached lobbying rules to an extent 'no previous case of paid advocacy' had seen before. The debacle has shaken public trust in the Government but strengthened the position of the committee chief, Kathryn Stone.
BORIS JOHNSON has dragged Conservative credibility through the dirt in pursuit of a reprieve for Owen Paterson, an MP who Parliament's Standards Committee found breached lobbying rules to an extent"no previous case of paid advocacy" had seen before. The debacle has shaken public trust in the Government but strengthened the position of the committee chief, Kathryn Stone.
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