Tag: Owen Paterson

Dec 2021. Boris Johnson and Sleaze Part 8

The latest Opinion Poll suggests the sleaze rows are hitting the Conservatives. The Tory lead has fallen to just one point, from five points a week ago, while Johnson’s personal rating has dropped to -20 from -16 last week, passing a previous low of -18 recorded a month ago. Boris Johnson has to go. https://vk.com/video677203037_456239258

Dec 2021. Boris Johnson and Sleaze Part 7

In this handout photo provided by UK Parliament, Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaks during Prime Minister's Questions at the House of Commons, London, Wednesday, Nov. 17, 2021. (Jessica Taylor/UK Parliament via AP)

The SNP leader, Ian Blackford, said he has written to the cabinet secretary demanding “full transparency about Owen Paterson’s lobbying, particularly relating to Covid-19 contracts involving huge sums of money”, while the Lib Dem chief whip, Wendy Chamberlain, called for “a full and thorough investigation by the standards commissioner” into the links between Paterson, Randox… Continue reading Dec 2021. Boris Johnson and Sleaze Part 7

Dec 2021. Boris Johnson and Sleaze Part 6

The Observer has been told that before Owen Paterson resigned as an MP on Thursday, Conservative whips understood that the parliamentary commissioner for standards, Kathryn Stone, was seriously considering launching an investigation into the former Northern Ireland secretary’s lobbying of ministers since the pandemic began. She is also believed to be considering an inquiry into… Continue reading Dec 2021. Boris Johnson and Sleaze Part 6

Dec 2021. Boris Johnson and Sleaze Part 5

Paterson, who announced his resignation as an MP last week, was paid more than £8,000 a month for 16 hours’ consultancy work by Randox Laboratories, until he resigned from the role on Friday. Randox was awarded two Covid testing contracts last year worth nearly £480m without the normal competition. Government officials cited the urgency of… Continue reading Dec 2021. Boris Johnson and Sleaze Part 5

Dec 2021. Boris Johnson and Sleaze Part 4

Labour, the SNP, the Liberal Democrats and the Green party all switched their focus to the award of pandemic contracts, demanding investigations by the cabinet secretary, Simon Case, or the parliamentary commissioner for standards, Kathryn Stone, into Paterson’s contacts with ministers during the pandemic. https://vk.com/video677203037_456239239