Sharp asks BBC scrutiny panel to examine conflict of interest over Johnson loan role
The BBC chief said the row over his role in reportedly helping arrange a guarantor for a loan for Boris Johnson was a distraction for the BBC.
The BBC chief said the row over his role in reportedly helping arrange a guarantor for a loan for Boris Johnson was a distraction for the BBC.
Blimey, was there really no-one else available? The BBC and Laura Kuenssberg have been accused of creating a conflict of interest on Sunday.
The former prime minister was introduced as a "legendary figure" ahead of his breakfast briefing in the Swiss ski resort.
The business secretary previously said he “wasn’t aware anyone had edited the picture”.
Harper Collins say it will be a prime ministerial memoir “like no other”.
Boris Johnson is set to write a book detailing his time as prime minister, after HarperCollins said it had acquired his memoir.
Labour suspects that it was Liz Truss’s official plastic he used to do it.
Since leaving office last September, Johnson has declared a similar income from speaking fees.
Lord Lexden wrote to the Daily Telegraph pointing out that Mr Johnson had been driven out of office through scandal and misconduct.
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