13 April 2021 • 5:32pm
David Cameron faces an inquiry into his efforts to lobby ministers on behalf of Greensill Capital
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By sheer coincidence, it’s exactly five years ago this week that Dennis Skinner – the veteran Labour MP for Bolsover – was thrown out of the Commons for referring to David Cameron as “Dodgy Dave”. The Speaker at the time, John Bercow, considered it unparliamentary for an MP to fling around such a baseless insult.
What a pity for Mr Skinner that he lost his seat at the 2019 election. If he’d been sitting in the Commons today (Tuesday), he could have called Mr Cameron anything he liked.
HENRY DEEDES: Following Monday s Prince Philip-induced armistice, hostilities resumed in the Westminster trenches yesterday. At issue: The murky matter of David Cameron s lobbying.