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'A former cabinet minister's challenge to a parliamentary probe that found he broke lobbying rules has been dismissed by European rights judges.
Owen Paterson quit Parliament in 2021 in the wake of a report that found he had breached its rules while working a paid consultant for two firms.
In a legal challenge launched the following year, the ex-Tory MP argued the inquiry was procedurally flawed and' had breached his human rights.'
I can't stop laughing.
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