Quote Originally Posted by Elwood Blues View Post
Screeching U turn today


There will be another vote on the Owen Paterson suspension and his case will not go before any revised standards body.

Government will now consult on any new standards body.

Not this governments finest hour.
Right decision.

I can well believe there are grounds to reform the process, and a lack of right to appeal is very curious, and this whole thing with his wife committing suicide and the level of support for him makes me suspect something is out of the norm here.

But you cant reform things retrospectively or to save one person. Presumably if they reform this standards committee structure, then he can be considered in future.

Either way, it was all a very bad look.