Tories do their best to trash what remains of their reputation | John Crace https://t.co/PUjkK9YAn3

— John Crace (@JohnJCrace) November 3, 2021

Corruption.

There is no other word for it. https://t.co/DGrBsRtU2o

— Keir Starmer (@Keir_Starmer) November 3, 2021

This is classic corruption – protecting the MP found guilty of a standards breach and now trying to hound the independent investigator out of office. Yesterday was a dark day for the Commons – but also a reminder of the risks this Tory govt poses to basic democratic norms https://t.co/GiJaBqRuJK

— Nicola Sturgeon (@NicolaSturgeon) November 4, 2021

After all of the agony in the Commons yesterday, Owen Paterson now likely to be suspended within days and face a potential byelection challenge.

This comes after Tory MPs revealed their offices were vandalised last night because of the way they voted https://t.co/Mf9JwyTPAa

— Sam Coates Sky (@SamCoatesSky) November 4, 2021

“I fear last night’s debate conflated the individual case with the general concern.”

Jacob Rees-Mogg has announced the government will rethink plans to review the way MPs’ behaviour is policed amid accusations of “Tory sleaze” after yesterday’s vote to overhaul the system. pic.twitter.com/RIEz7KtW0i

— Channel 4 News (@Channel4News) November 4, 2021

CORRECTION: it’s not MPs, it’s Tory MPs. pic.twitter.com/DlN5SGadJ4

— David Schneider (@davidschneider) November 4, 2021

Same day, different Tory rags….

The Sun decides to completely ignore the big story, as a classic distraction. pic.twitter.com/TYD66WP6Ni

— Mark Amies (@Superfast72) November 4, 2021

Was Owen Paterson worth it? I hope at least a few Tory MPs are questioning whether it was worth sacrificing what little was left of their integrity to save him. The masks are off. All of them.

— Prof Paul Bernal (@PaulbernalUK) November 3, 2021

Comparisons are being made with ‘Tory sleaze’ in the mid 1990s. This is much worse. Then it was a few Tory MPs. John Major and his senior ministers had evident integrity. Sleaze was hugely overplayed then. Now it comes from the very top and the dangers can’t be overplayed.

— steve richards (@steverichards14) November 3, 2021

Dear Tory MPs,

Next time Boris Johnson asks you to go to bat for something you know is wrong…

Like withholding kid’s meals, pumping sewage into our rivers, or propping up a corrupt MP…

Just remember he’ll U-turn and leave you hanging like fools when the public outcry comes.

— Dr Mike Galsworthy (@mikegalsworthy) November 4, 2021

like some surreal experiment to see how far you can push the lobby fodder before they baulk

— Jim Pickard (@PickardJE) November 4, 2021

Shows you the power of some of the press

Telegraph fully backed Patterson.
Daily Mail Front Page condemmed them.

They reverse in hours.

— Dan Smith (@Dan1763) November 4, 2021

Another good day not to be a Conservative MP.

— David Gauke (@DavidGauke) November 3, 2021

https://t.co/E9yOHydIhf

Had Paterson taken his medicine it would barely have made a splash between Strictly and the next distraction.

But now this will smoulder and be a focal point of opposition to the corruption and erosion of democracy the UK is suffering under this regime.

— Londependence Party #FBPE (@LondependenceHQ) November 4, 2021

Good day to bury another scandal under the humongous one. https://t.co/PpR0O4i79S

— Tim Walker (@ThatTimWalker) November 4, 2021

Growing fears that British government will shortly invoke article 16 of protocol
via @IrishTimes #brexit #uk https://t.co/uTo6VEuqyV

— Mark Hennessy (@MarkHennessy) November 4, 2021

So what's next for this corrupt government?

Oh, just blowing up the international contract they signed:https://t.co/gJGexQvfzU

— Dr Mike Galsworthy (@mikegalsworthy) November 4, 2021

If HMG goes big/nuclear on Article 16, the EU is preparing the ground to do so too. A big UKG response will be met with an even bigger, more forceful, EU one

This is the miscalculation I fear Johnson & Frost are about to make

— Mujtaba Rahman (@Mij_Europe) November 3, 2021