Boris skips sleaze debate as minister says he’ll watch on TV instead
Keir Starmer said a Johnson no-show means the PM is "too arrogant or too cowardly" to face down the sleaze scandal.
Keir Starmer said a Johnson no-show means the PM is "too arrogant or too cowardly" to face down the sleaze scandal.
An emergency Commons debate will be held to consider the implications of the Owen Paterson row.
When MPs voted to protect their mate they were also voting to keep their own noses clean.
A general election is a long way off, but a leadership challenge could be in the offing.
“I know ministers have a busy life, but I guess you’d hope that the education secretary would do his homework.”
The Green politician said there is a “bigger problem” than the lobbying scandal involving Tory MP Owen Paterson.
The Tory poll lead has been slashed to one point in wake of Paterson debacle.
Unsurprisingly, three of them voted in favour of the motion to shake up the current system yesterday.
The North Shropshire MP has stood down after the government U-turned on his suspension from the Commons.
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