Boris Johnson isn’t the only man to blame for the Owen Paterson fiasco which has shredded the Tories’ credibility

Now get a grip BORIS Johnson isn’t the only man to blame for the Owen Paterson fiasco which has shredded the Tories’ credibility. It’s true that a PM normally highly attuned to voters’ concerns should have sensed how repulsed they would be by a shabby ruse to save his friend from scandal. But it was a jaw-dropping ­political miscalculation too. 4 Boris Johnson isn’t the only man to blame for the Owen Paterson fiasco which has shredded the Tories’ credibility. Credit: Alamy Chief whip Mark Spencer not only believed the Government could get away with such Parliamentary trickery, he failed… Read Full Article