Kevin Barron @KevinJBarron
Any chair of a committee has to have the support of it members. That the new ISC chair has lost the party whip suggests the new deal is support of Downing street is the essential, not members of an elected Parliament. This is not good for our democracy. — PolitiTweet.org
Jim Pickard @PickardJE
One senior Tory MP said the appointment of Mr Lewis as chair came as a surprise as No 10 had “stacked” the committe… https://t.co/dBP1xnWVVo