Kwarteng says he ‘feels no shame’ over Paterson… hours before U-turn
The business secretary also called on the standards commissioner, Kathryn Stone, to resign in a car-crash interview.
The business secretary also called on the standards commissioner, Kathryn Stone, to resign in a car-crash interview.
Jacob Rees-Mogg admitted the move had "created a certain amount of controversy".
"What the PM and MPs have done today will undermine not just trust in government and trust in democracy it undermines the integrity of our political system... how are we allowing this to happen?"
Tory MPs were whipped to support the move to overhaul their disciplinary process instead of approving a six-week ban for Paterson.
"Good news for the donors who gave his party £500,000. His bank got a bonus of nearly £8 million, but not so good news for the rest of us," said Angela Rayner.
"What? Is? Accountability?"
James Kelly of Scot Goes Pop described the “frustration” of the “sizeable minority of voters who don’t seem to see the very obvious connection between the shortages and the arguments for independence and for restoring freedom of movement”.
“Boris Johnson and his Conservative colleagues’ actions have repeatedly undermined standards in our public life."
'Global Britain' could increase emissions by the equivalent of 44,000 transatlantic flights, research found.
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