Responding to the news Owen Paterson has resigned, Liberal Democrat Leader Ed Davey said: “Boris Johnson thought he could rewrite the rules to defend himself and his Tory chums from charges of sleaze and corruption without anyone noticing.
“But he underestimated the British people and how badly this would go down, including among many lifelong Conservative voters.
“It just shows that the Conservatives are taking people for granted. The public wants decency and honesty from their government, instead under Boris Johnson all they get is lies, chaos and cronyism.”