Contemptible. Stone has done nothing wrong. She carried out an inquiry into an MP without fear or favour and rightly found her had broken the rules. And yet the government protects the corrupt MP and calls on the investigator to resign.
https://twitter.com/SkyNews/status/1456171612579979266
It's sickening. A downright moral decay.
Why go after Stone? Well, funny story there. You may remember a little trip to Mustique which Boris Johnson took in 2019. Kathryn Stone concluded he broke the rules because he hadn't "fulfilled conscientiously" requirements to register donations.
Incidentally, it's worth observing how this story puts the lie to the Tory claim that the standards inquiry system has no appeal. The commissioner ruled the PM broke the rules. The Committee on Standards overruled her.
There are many future standards investigations for No.10 to worry about, for instance on Johnson's flat refurbishment or contracts handed out during the pandemic. It's very much in their interest to knee-cap the standards process and Stone in particular.
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