Thread: Owen Paterson: Anger as Tory MP avoids suspension in rule shake-up
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Old 04-11-2021, 07:50   #13
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Re: Owen Paterson: Anger as Tory MP avoids suspension in rule shake-up
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Originally Posted by 1andrew1 View Post
If you want to change the legislation then go about it in the proper and timely manner. Don't change the rules because your mate's been caught out to stop him being punished. A glance at tomorrow's headlines shows this situation has not played out well with sleaze a common thread.

Shameless MPs sink back into sleaze (Daily Mail)

PM accused of corruption as rukes on sleaze torn up (The Guardian)

Tories rip up Britain's anti-sleaze rules to save guilty MP (The i)

The Sleazy Way Out (Metro)

https://news.sky.com/story/wednesday...pages-12427754
Your links prove nothing - they are just opinions. The Conservatives could have voted not to support the committee's recommendation, but they chose instead to establish the right of appeal.

Paterson has been claiming that his case was not properly investigated and it highlighted that the existing process was defective. A right of appeal is nothing more than natural justice - something you would be howling from the rooftops if it was a Labour MP.
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