Tory-dominated home affairs select committee accused of operating along ‘party lines’ by only calling for Labour deputy leader Tom Watson to give evidenceConservative members of a Commons select committee who will question Tom Watson over claims that he interfered in a police inquiry into the late Tory peer Leon Brittan have been accused of operating along “party lines” after rejecting calls for Zac Goldsmith to also give evidence. The Tory-dominated home affairs select committee has decided not to call the Conservative London mayoral candidate to seem before them, Westminster sources confirmed. Goldsmith has been criticised by a family member of Lord Brittan and a former Conservative MP after he refused to withdraw claims made in parliament approximately an alleged paedophile ring in his constituency.
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Source: theguardian.com