Tory MP’s backers have rounded on commissioner but others speak of determination to take on vested interests
Much of the anger among Conservative MPs keen to overturn the verdict against their colleague Owen Paterson has been focused on the independent parliamentary commissioner for standards, Kathryn Stone.
They argue that her approach is high-handed, and her investigations “amateurish”, in the words of one Paterson ally, the former Brexit secretary David Davis. But her supporters insist this criticism just reflects Stone’s determination to take on vested interests.
