An utter cad, a moral vacuum, and a stranger to loyalty, probity and even friendship

[Soph0571]

Emphasis mine

Matthew Paris in the Times today. Got away with words he does. A squalid and solipsistic world... perfect framing.

Morality vacuum indeed. And yet they will probably give him a second tern in office. Truly depressing.

[Ghost Dog]

1. He's only there for the money. Nt

[Midnight Writer]

2. Sounds like someone we know.

[muriel_volestrangler]

3. "Shameful", "politically corrupt" - and that's from John Major, former Tory PM

Sir John Major has launched a searing attack on the government over its handling of the Owen Paterson lobbying scandal, condemning its actions as “shameful and wrong”.

The former prime minister said it suggested Boris Johnson’s administration was “politically corrupt”, and that Major would be posed with a dilemma if he had to consider voting for Johnson to remain PM at the next election.
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Major told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme: “I think the way the government handled that was shameful, wrong and unworthy of this or indeed any government. It also had the effect of trashing the reputation of parliament.”
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Major called this attempt to protect Paterson “profoundly un-Conservative” and something he disliked “intensely”. He also said the action of the current administration was “damaging at home and to our reputation overseas”.

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2021/nov/06/shameful-john-major-hits-out-at-handling-of-owen-paterson-scandal

[T_i_B]

4. You'd think the Tories would try and find a better leader

But that's only likely to happen if they start tanking in the polls. So unless Labour get their act together and the OAP block vote wake up to what's happening around them things aren't going to change.