I think the difference has been that most whips, when no longer the whip, stop whipping. He’s never stopped, even down to having that photo taken with an actual whip on his desk. He’s basically been holding the government to ransom for years, which is astonishing. My only hope is that they’ve been planning how to deal with him for some time, and have been inviting him to regular goat wanking parties. With photographers. Otherwise now he’s out he might well start leaking more of what he knows. More likely though they’ve bought him off with the promise of a peerage.
Of course, none of this would be a problem if MPs didn’t keep doing so much stuff that needs keeping secret. But yeah…