Vandals graffiti 'corrupt scum' in red paint across Tory MP David Jones' ...

Vandals graffiti 'corrupt scum' in red paint across Tory MP David Jones' ...
Vandals graffiti 'corrupt scum' in red paint across Tory MP David Jones' ...

Vandals have daubed graffiti across the constituency office of a North Wales Tory MP after he voted to stop Owen Paterson from being suspended.

The words 'corrupt scum' have been spray-painted in red across the windows outside the building on Princes Drive, Colwyn Bay, where Clwyd West MP David Jones is based.

It comes after Prime Minister Boris Johnson whipped his MPs to support an amendment not to suspend North Shropshire Tory, Owen Paterson, after he was found guilty of paid lobbying by a standards watchdog.

Mr Jones, from Rhos on Sea, who has represented Clwyd West since 2005, voted in favour of putting aside Paterson's suspension and reviewing the standards system.

The plans provoked an immediate outcry and were immediately plunged into chaos when Labour, the SNP and Liberal Democrats vowed to boycott a proposed committee the Tories wanted to set-up.

Downing Street performed a humiliating U-turn on Thursday, less than 24 hours later and Mr Paterson, who lost his wife to suicide, resigned.

The graffiti on his office in Colwyn Bay saw 'corrupt scum' painted in red over the weekend

The graffiti on his office in Colwyn Bay saw 'corrupt scum' painted in red over the weekend

The word 'corrupt' painted on the building

Even the front door was targeted

MP David Jones' constituency office was targeted by vandals who struck in the past two days

MP Mr Jones voted to put aside Owen Paterson's suspension and review standard system

MP Mr Jones voted to put aside Owen Paterson's suspension and review standard system

Ever since the Government has been facing accusations of acting corruptly.

The graffiti attack on Mr Jones' offices also damaged a grief counselling charity, Cruse Bereavement, which is next door.

Mr Jones declined to comment.

Boris Johnson

Disgraced Owen Paterson will be entitled to a parliamentary pass so he can continue roaming the corridors of power even though he is no longer an MP

Boris Johnson's (left) abortive bid to save ally Owen Paterson (right) from lobbying punishment will come under fresh fire in the Commons this afternoon

Sir Lindsay Hoyle is expected to lay down a marker about his determination to protect the integrity of parliament later

Sir Lindsay Hoyle is expected to lay down a marker about his determination to protect the integrity of parliament later

Settling old scores? PM's years of clashes with sleaze watchdog Kathryn Stone 

The debacle over the Owen Paterson report was far from the first time Boris Johnson has clashed with Commons standards commissioner Kathryn Stone. 

And their relationship is unlikely to get easier, as he could face another probe by the watchdog into the 'Wallpapergate' controversy over refurbishment of his grace-and-favour flat - as well as his refusal to declare his recent 'freebie' Marbella holiday on the parliamentary register . 

Ms Stone has previously castigated the Prime Minister over a lavish £15,000 Caribbean holiday funded by Tory donors.

But he was saved from punishment - which could have included being the first serving premier to be suspended from the Commons, by MPs who overturned her ruling.

She has also pulled him up over an 'over-casual attitude' to declaring his own personal financial interests to Parliament, including a six-figure stake in an English country mansion.

Mr Johnson was dramatically cleared in the summer of breaking Commons rules over a 'freebie' trip to the millionaire's playground of Mustique with Carrie - despite Ms Stone condemning his behaviour and the 'unusual' arrangements. 

The cross-party Standards Committee found the PM had made an 'accurate and complete' declaration about the holiday in December 2019, saying it was a donation from Carphone Warehouse founder David Ross even though the couple did not stay in his villa.

The committee - chaired by Labour MP Chris Bryant - overruled Ms Stone after she concluded that Mr Johnson did breach the Code of Conduct for MPs during a 15-month wrangle after initially failing to provide a full explanation, slamming him for 'not showing the accountability required of those in public life'.

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