United Kingdom

Sir John Major has launched a searing attack on the government over its handling of the Owen Paterson lobbying scandal, condemning its actions as “shameful and wrong”.

The former prime minister said it suggested Boris Johnson’s administration was “politically corrupt”, and that Major would be posed with a dilemma if he had to consider voting for Johnson to remain PM at the next election.
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Major told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme: “I think the way the government handled that was shameful, wrong and unworthy of this or indeed any government. It also had the effect of trashing the reputation of parliament.”
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Major called this attempt to protect Paterson “profoundly un-Conservative” and something he disliked “intensely”. He also said the action of the current administration was “damaging at home and to our reputation overseas”.

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2021/nov/06/shameful-john-major-hits-out-at-handling-of-owen-paterson-scandal