this Conservative The former prime minister said such behavior was “shameful” and damaged the reputation of parliament.
this Prime Minister Forced to turn around to overthrow a plan to prevent Mr. Patterson from facing a 30-day suspension from the House of Commons for a serious violation of lobbying rules.
I think the government’s approach is shameful, wrong, and not worthy of this government or any government
After the government abandoned attempts to establish a Conservative-led committee to re-examine his case and the wider House of Commons standards system, Mr. Patterson subsequently resigned as a member of Parliament.
Sir John said: “I think the government’s approach is shameful, wrong, and not worthy of this government or any government. It also has the effect of destroying the reputation of parliament.”
The former prime minister was at odds with the Johnson government for opposing Brexit. He told BBC Radio 4’s Today that the current government’s actions “damaged our reputation overseas”.
Sir John’s own government was undermined by dirty practices in the 1990s. He said: “When this happened, I set up the Nolan Public Living Standards Committee to stop it, and it was a great success.
“The significant difference is that in the 1990s, I set up a committee to deal with this type of behavior.
“In the past few days, we have seen today’s government try to defend this behavior.
“Dirty is unacceptable, it is unacceptable when I was there, and I suffered tremendous pain and suffering for this.
“Today is unacceptable and needs to be stopped.”
