- Thu Nov 04, 2021 11:36 am
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So, here comes the U-turn. Apparently everyone got confused about yesterday and thought that the amendment attached to the Owen Patterson motion was about him, and not about some higher level changes to the parliamentary standards system in general. Oh, and the whipping was all about attendance, and not about which way to vote.
Kudos to Thangnam Debbonaire for refusing to play along, and saying that Labour will have nothing to do with this whitewashing. Once again though, the Tories are forcing through things, realising that they're utterly hated by the electorate, then ripping up what they've just enacted. As one person on Twitter pointed out, it's like cheating at a Fighting Fantasy book - making a decision, flipping forward to see if it was right or wrong, then flipping back.
There seems to be genuine fury about this though, not just from the "political classes" or "politics Twitter". And finally Labour are looking angry.
As the actress said to the bishop, rabbi, imam and priest
"My eyes have seen the glory, I'm a born again Atheist!"