Half of Tory ex-ministers take up jobs linked to their old briefs
Among them is former transport secretary Chris Grayling, who took a £100,000-a-year role advising a ports company.
Among them is former transport secretary Chris Grayling, who took a £100,000-a-year role advising a ports company.
"He lied to us. They all did, to all of us. This Government has borrowed our faith and played us for fools," James Mitchinson said.
It comes as Boris Johnson finally admitted he could have handled the Paterson affair better.
“Of course, I think things could certainly have been handled better, let me put it that way, by me," the prime minister has said.
One resident who is a lifelong Tory voter said he is considering voting Labour because the Tories “seem to fall down on promises”.
Prime minister Boris Johnson's handling of the UK's own affairs may have also weakened Britain's leadership by example.
Jurgen Klopp said country leaders should not be voted in based on who is the “most funny” or has the “weirdest haircut”.
It comes after Rees-Mogg led the government’s recent attempts to rip up the Commons’ standards rules to protect former Tory MP Owen Paterson from a lobbying row.
The Sunday Times reported the Transport Secretary – who the newspaper says owns a £100,000 aeroplane – “set-up and diverted public money” to a new team within the Civil Aviation Authority which is designed to lobby against planning developments that infringe on airstrips.
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