Conservative MPs have been forced to defend themselves after receiving a barrage of complaints from voters angry about the government’s handling of a lobbying scandal.
Last week, Boris Johnson whipped Tory MPs to vote against the suspension of former minister Owen Paterson, who was found guilty of an “egregious” breach of lobbying rules.
Now, more than 2,300 openDemocracy readers have written to their MPs via our website, telling them to oppose any attempt to weaken parliamentary standards.
