'Mr Johnson is so valuable to his party because of his political instincts. Anything that suggests this is coming under question will worry Tory MPs.' Analysis from SamCoatesSky 👇
Mr Paterson's interview with Sky News is understood to have been relayed to a deeply unimpressed prime ministerThis week, Boris Johnson tried to use brute political force to overturn conventions and norms that limit politicians' power.
He has done it before, successfully proroguing parliament, rejecting the judgements of the Supreme Court, and ignoring a bullying judgement against the home secretary. On those occasions his skill was taking political risks predecessors wouldn't, knowing how far to push Tory MPs while maintaining their support and the sheer level of disinterest from the public in political machinations, however unconventional.'Shame': MPs vote against suspension of ex-minister
This week is significant because he tried again to upend the established system - wanting to scrap the system to police MPs while clearingMany of the calculations initially appeared correct - on Wednesday evening, he secured a parliamentary majority to block Mr Paterson's suspension and crush the parliamentary commissioner for standards off the back of heavily whipped Tory votes.
Overnight, the Parliamentary Conservative Party made clear they believe there ought, after all, to be limits on the prime minister's ability to ride roughshod over the rules.
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