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# Owen Paterson

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# North Shropshire
Boris Johnson faces key by-election triggered by resignation of MP over lobbying scandal
The constituency is considered ultra-safe for the Tories.
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Dec 16th 2021, 7:17 AM
# Tories
Johnson under increasing pressure as minister admits ‘mistake’ in handling of sleaze row
An ex-Tory chief whip has called on Johnson to apologise for his Government’s approach to the Paterson affair.
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Nov 9th 2021, 7:08 AM
# Tories
Boris Johnson faces demands for public inquiry into Tory sleaze allegations
An emergency Commons debate will be held to consider the implications of the Owen Paterson row.
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Nov 8th 2021, 7:03 AM
# full fat u-turn
Sleaze, dairy lobbying, and Tory MPs: What is the Owen Paterson controversy about?
The former NI Secretary resigned this week, in what has become a huge controversy for Boris Johnson.
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Nov 6th 2021, 8:00 PM
# Owen Paterson
Former NI Secretary resigns as MP amid row over alleged lobbying breaches
It comes after Boris Johnson U-turned on plans to prevent the former minister’s Commons ban for lobbying.
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Nov 4th 2021, 3:46 PM
# meaningful vote
Tories accused of ‘wallowing in sleaze’ as MP Owen Paterson spared suspension over lobbying
Conservative MPs backed a plan to consider reviewing Owen Paterson’s case and tear up the Commons disciplinary process.
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Nov 3rd 2021, 9:15 PM
# The Big Fella
'I hope I don't follow the fate of Michael Collins': Veteran Tory MP namechecks Irish leader in Commons debate
MP Owen Paterson quoted Collins’ speech during the December 1921 Anglo-Irish Treaty debates in the Dáil.
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Oct 22nd 2019, 7:06 PM
# You Tube
A Tory MP wants to stop politicians' wages in the North. Gerry Adams just called him a 'tube'
Owen Paterson, a former Northern Ireland Secretary, thinks withholding pay might “crystallise minds”.
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Mar 29th 2017, 11:29 AM
# United Ireland?
Adams outlines seven-point plan for a United Ireland
The Sinn Féin president outlines seven points which he says can build popular support for reunification on both sides of the border.
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Apr 7th 2012, 1:50 PM
# Border poll
Referendum on united Ireland 'inevitable' - Adams
The Sinn Féin president hit out at the UK Northern Ireland secretary, who this week rejected the possibility for a “border poll” on the region’s status.
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Mar 10th 2012, 10:45 AM
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The Daily Fix: Monday
In today’s Fix: HSE apologises over misdiagnosed miscarriages; Houghton and Whelan are out of RTÉ soccer show; and Vladimir Putin shows off his latest hobby.
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Apr 18th 2011, 8:02 PM
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SDLP election candidate injured after rock attack on car
Dolores Kelly is injured after two rocks are thrown through her windscreen – the day after two canvassers are attacked.A
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Apr 16th 2011, 3:59 PM
# Terrorism
Police in Northern Ireland get extra £245m to combat terror threat
The move follows an increase in the threat from dissident republicans.
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Feb 18th 2011, 8:55 AM
# The Troubles
Troubles victims may have stories recorded
A new independent body may record the accounts of victims from Northern Ireland’s sectarian violence.
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Nov 17th 2010, 2:23 PM
# Northern Ireland
Republican dissidents 'speaking to British government' - McGuinness
Deputy First Minister says that both the Irish and British governments have spoken to terrorists in recent weeks.
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Aug 12th 2010, 3:12 PM