The MP at the centre of the lobbying furore gripping British politics has resigned.
Owen Paterson was found to have lobbied the government in 2016 and 2017 on behalf of two companies that were paying him — the clinical diagnostics company Randox and the meat-processing firm Lynn’s Country Foods.
A parliamentary standards committee recommended he be suspended from the House of Commons for 30 days.
Then MPs from Paterson's Conservative Party sparked outrage by voting against the committee's recommendation. It was the first time in decades that lawmakers hadn't accepted the standards committee’s decisions.
The backlash from that move led to Paterson resigning on Thursday.
In a statement posted on social media, he maintained that he is "totally
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