Owen Paterson's successor writes to Tory MPs ahead of crunch vote

Winner of the North Shropshire by-election, Helen Morgan MP, has written to Tory MPs warning them to learn their lessons from previous sleaze scandals. MPs will vote tomorrow on whether to refer the Prime Minister for investigation by the Committee of Privileges following his repeated lies on partygate. Helen Morgan MP has written to 50 Blue Wall Tory MPs with slim majorities over the Liberal Democrats who are most vulnerable to a public backlash over their support for Boris Johnson.  Helen gained Owen Paterson's constituency by overturning a massive Conservative majority with a 34% swing amid news headlines of Conservative sleaze and scandal.  In a letter to Blue Wall Tory MPs, Liberal Democrat MP for North Shropshire Helen Morgan says: "This week marks five months since I won the North Shropshire by-election in the wake of a Conservative party drowning in sleaze and scandal.    "It is sad to see your party has learnt nothing since then.   "The power is in your hands. You have the numbers to stop this stitch-up.  So what will it be: sleaze and scandal? Or decency and integrity?   "The writing is on the wall for the Conservative party - your constituents will not be taken for granted.  "The public expects MPs to carry out their patriotic duty tomorrow. British democracy is being dragged through the mud. You cannot prop up this sham of a Prime Minister any longer.   "Our country desperately needs leadership right now, instead we have a law-breaking and lying Prime Minister. Now is the time to act."