Many MPs feel deeply unhappy about how the Paterson case has been handled by the Commissioner.
Much the best way to embarrass its members at Westminster would be to hail them as friends and fellow members of the Establishment.
The House was becalmed.
The unrebuttable fact is that the Prime Minister is in breach of her word, and that the collapse of trust in the Party threatens to be terminal.
Progressive commentators and saloon-bar orators are wrong to condemn MPs for finding the national issue hard to settle.
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It is important that adequate time is given for scrutiny and opposition to avoid either bad law or the impression of a self-interested stitch-up .
The Commons came together in defence of the Union, but John Redwood wanted to know who speaks for England.