Pippa Crerar reports that the PM has watered down the ministerial code allowing ministers to break the rules without resigning. He has also blocked a bid to give his ethics advisor the power to investigate him. In addition, he also dismissed calls from Lord Geidt who asked for the power to launch an independent investigation of behaviour in the wake of the Downing Street flat row. Anybody else picked this up?
Johnson has removed the words ‘integrity, objectivity, accountability,transparency, honesty and leading in the public interest’. Surprise surprise. He’s removed everything that he’s incapable of following. Just about sums it up really.
Johnson will still get his lemmings to vote against it. That’s why we must all write to our MP’s so when they’re interviewed and say their constituents aren’t bother we know it’s a lie.
Second that Maybee. Or a local tory MP for the lucky ones living in an opposition-held constituency. Doesn't matter if we don't get a reply. Any tory MPs who don't publicly distance themselves from this behaviour are condoning it.
I'm in a Labour constituency, but sadly it's one with a Tory Council. It's not really a lucky situation, as Labour areas are starved of funds by the Tories, and the MP is in opposition, so isn't afraid of losing her seat because of Johnson's behaviour (in fact, she's more likely to hang onto it) but has very little influence on the government at times like this.
Speakers office says the Speaker is impartial so it’s nothing to do with them. Suggests I write to my Tory whip MP. Will be interesting to see what excuse she comes up with this time. We’ve both written to her so I bet we both get exactly the same reply…..