Ex-MP sues government over lobbying downfall
Daily Express|November 23, 2022
FORMER MP Owen Paterson is taking the Government to court – claiming a lobbying investigation that led to his resignation breached his human rights.
Steph Spyro
Ex-MP sues government over lobbying downfall

The Tory, 66, has lodged a formal complaint with the European Court of Human Rights, which asked the Government to respond to his allegations yesterday.

It comes eight years after the arch-Brexiteer argued the UK should not just quit the EU but replace the European Convention on Human Rights – on which the European Court of Human Rights adjudicates.

This story is from the November 23, 2022 edition of Daily Express.

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