Bravo, Theresa May!
This is an extract of an article published in the Independent a couple of hours ago: Theresa May condemns Boris Johnson’s ‘ill-judged and wrong’ handling of Owen Paterson sleaze scandal.... Ms May defied a three-line whip imposed by Johnson on 3 November by abstaining on a motion to set aside Mr Paterson’s punishment and set up a Tory-dominated committee to rewrite the Westminster rules on sleaze.And she used today’s debate to turn her fire on her successor’s attempt to “effectively let off” Mr Paterson after he had been found guilty of paid lobbying. In a scathing judgement, the former PM said that the findings against Mr Paterson were “clear and fair”.Ms May said: “Owen Paterson broke the rules on paid advocacy and the attempt by right honourable and honourable members of this House, aided and abetted by the government, under cover of reform of the process effectively to clear his name was misplaced, ill-judged and just plain wrong.”The ex-PM said that a vote today to confirm the judgement against Mr Paterson and to overturn the creation of the new committee “will be a step in the right direction, but it will not undo the damage that has been done by the vote of 3 November.“And let’s be clear, this is not a party political issue. damage has been done to all members of parliament and to parliament as a whole.”........https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/theresa-may-boris-johnson-owen-paterson-b1958580.html?fbclid=IwAR2jqeSYV4h_0PX80GfXAcxVwRXfHp6LSUY4-dOLIa7NjGMN-FKkxrFKMAA
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