Delingpole: Owen Paterson MP Resigns; Westminster Remains a Sleaze Pit
Owen Paterson MP has resigned after a trumped-up scandal in which he was accused of bringing parliament into disrepute.
Owen Paterson MP has resigned after a trumped-up scandal in which he was accused of bringing parliament into disrepute.
If you want to understand why Britain’s backbench MPs have been so thoroughly useless at holding the government to account, look no further than the appalling case of Owen Paterson.
A group of Conservative grandees will seek to pass legislation to make Huawei involvement in British telecoms networks illegal, over fears the Chinese may use the equipment to spy on the United Kingdom.
The Government has come up with a brilliant new excuse to duck its responsibilities for all the floods: climate change ate our homework.
Tory Brexiteers, dubbed “the Spartans”, are reportedly split on whether to support Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s proposed exit treaty.
It’s time our politicians came clean on climate change. We need to know exactly where they stand.
Former Cabinet minister Owen Paterson has said that repeated Brexit delays and the end of ‘No Deal’ planning shows Theresa May’s government “was never going to countenance no deal”, in an article describing the process up to now as a “stitch-up”.
If you ever were tempted to vote Conservative again, these are the MPs who would justify your faith: Mark Francois, Andrea Jenkyns, Owen Paterson, Andrew Bridgen, and Priti Patel.