“Sleaze” was the word on everybody’s lips this week after Boris Johnson whipped Tory MPs to vote in favour of overhauling the parliamentary standards watchdog.
All opposition parties opposed the move, with 13 Conservative MPs also rebelling to vote against the plan. Under intense scrutiny, Johnson later U-turned, retreating from the reform proposals and ending Paterson’s career in the process.
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- A major study found that the HPV vaccine reduces cervical cancer rates by 87% in women in their 20s
- Russia reported its highest daily Covid-19 death toll to date, amid widespread vaccine scepticism
- MEPs landed in Taiwan for a visit that Beijing warned risks undermining the EU’s “one-China policy”
- And a top European official warned of the “very real” threat of a fresh conflict in Bosnia triggered by Serb separatist activity.
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