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On Friday, Westminster woke up to a shock result in the North Shropshire by-election. The Liberal Democrats ran a tight campaign which had plenty of material to draw on: Covid chaos and uncertainty, the sleaze row surrounding the seat’s last MP Owen Paterson, and reports of Christmas parties in Downing Street during last year’s winter lockdown. “If had accepted his …
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Even after falling on his sword, Owen Paterson continues to insist that he’s done absolutely nothing wrong. Paterson alleged the ‘living hell’ of the lobbying probe contributed to his wife Rose’s suicide last year, going so far as to argue at one point – via a letter to the committee – that to find him guilty would place the blame …