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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Ashley Cowburn

Government accused of ‘complete abandonment of moral compass’ amid claims of whips threatening MPs

via REUTERS

The chair of the Commons sleaze committee, Chris Bryant, claims he has spoken to “about a dozen” Tory MPs threatened by whips and has also heard allegations of Boris Johnson being involved.

In scathing comments, the senior Labour MP, who also cited the row over the former MP Owen Paterson’s suspension, hit out at what he described as the government’s “complete abandonment of any kind of moral compass”.

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