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Just when Johnson thought it was all over….

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GrannyGravy13 Thu 16-Jun-22 07:35:59

I thought the ethics advisor was called Lord Geidt

Either he wasn’t up to much, didn’t do much advising or more likely Mr,Johnson refused to listen.

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Casdon Thu 16-Jun-22 07:21:53

What I don’t see is a route to deal with this, as Johnson can overrule whatever any ethics minister finds?

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Whitewavemark2 Thu 16-Jun-22 07:18:41

This is the second ethics minister to resign. The first did so after Patel was found to have breached the ministerial code because of her bullying and general nastiness. Johnson refused to hold her to account.

I have been reading the American press over the resignations and there is much merriment that Johnson even has an ethics minister.

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Whitewavemark2 Thu 16-Jun-22 07:14:42

Up pops partygate again as Lord Geist resigns after admitting when under pressure from the standards committee that Johnson’s conduct fell far short of that expected from a British prime minister, and that Johnson had broken the ministerial code which includes an overarching duty to act in accordance with the law.

Geist stated that he was “sick of being lied to and his portrayal as a “patsy” and after what a friend of Geildt said was “a long night of the soul” Geildt sent a “strongly worded plan letter to Johnson.

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