What Boris Johnson’s insistence that the UK is not a “corrupt country” reveals
The UK Prime Minister likely fears the fallout from the Owen Paterson fiasco could damage his reputation internationally.
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How much trouble will the revelations over Geoffrey Cox’s second job cause Boris Johnson?
A video has emerged in which the former attorney general appears to be using his parliamentary office to conduct his…
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Why the “Tory sleaze” scandal isn’t going away
Despite Boris Johnson’s best efforts to ignore the story, more and more Conservative MPs are coming under scrutiny for their…
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How the Owen Paterson scandal reduced the Conservatives’ poll lead
Ben Walker joins the New Statesman Podcast team for a monthly look at the polls.
Labour must forge a progressive alliance to defeat Boris Johnson’s rotten government
In Turkey, Hungary and Israel, opposition parties have united against governments that threaten democracy. Britain’s parties should do the same.
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Plans for a cross-party “anti-sleaze” candidate are dead on arrival
Labour and the Liberal Democrats have failed to agree to stand aside for an independent candidate in North Shropshire.
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MPs are trying to overhaul a system that is finding them increasingly guilty
Breaches of MPs standards are at their highest level since the expenses scandal.
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Will voters punish the Conservatives for blocking Owen Paterson’s suspension?
Maybe no one cares about parliamentary procedure. Maybe it matters anyway.
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Owen Paterson’s defenders have no convincing arguments
There is no possible process that would conclude that the Tory MP did not breach parliamentary rules on lobbying.
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Why Israel is stuck with Benjamin Netanyahu
Despite failing to secure a decisive victory in three elections and being on trial for corruption charges, Netanyahu remains Israel’s…
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