The UK government’s attempt to quickly move on from the Owen Paterson debacle was disrupted by one Conservative MP. Christopher Chope, an MP of 24 years, shouted “objection” on Monday night to a motion to rescind a controversial resolution the government pushed through two weeks ago that protected then-Tory MP Paterson from immediate suspension for breaking lobbying rules, and sought to change rules on standards at the same time. After an intense cross-party backlash and a series of corruption allegations against the government and Conservative MPs, Cabinet ministers have defended the attempt to overhaul the disciplinary process, saying there were “long-standing concerns amongst MPs” about the way standards probes were handled, but said they “regret” making the mistake of conflating “the individual case with the wider system and the due process that should be in place.” The new motion proposed on Monday would rescind the resolution passed on Nov. 3, approve …
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