‘Big mistake’ not replacing Lord Geidt PM told, as spoof job advert goes viral
However, Business minister Paul Scully said he would be comfortable without a replacement ethics adviser as long as ministers are held to account in another way.
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Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson is a British politician and writer serving as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Conservative Party since July 2019. He was Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 2016-2018 and Mayor of London 2008-2016. Johnson has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Uxbridge and South Ruislip since 2015 and was previously MP for Henley from 2001 to 2008. He has been described as adhering to the ideology of one-nation and national conservatism.
Watch: Will the PM get a new ethics adviser? This response is spot on
Lord Geidt said he was forced to quit when he was tasked with offering a view on the Government’s “intention to consider measures which risk a deliberate and purposeful breach of the ministerial code”.
Lord Geidt’s resignation letter finally published revealing why he quit
Downing Street has published Lord Geidt’s resignation letter following his surprise departure last night.
Watch: Stanley Johnson walks off show – ‘you lured me in there’
"I think he's going to go and get Boris out of the fridge."
Watch: Johnson’s second ethics adviser quits as video slams the PM
“The Prime Minister has now driven both of his own hand-picked ethics advisers to resign in despair," said Angela Rayner
Watch: Why wasn’t breaking Brexit law mentioned at PMQs?
"Maybe I'm just naive," Peter Stefanovic told The London Economic, but surely these matters should be raised?
Flashback: To when Johnson fiercely defended the European Convention on Human Rights
"Keep the European Convention, it's a fine thing… We wrote it."
Turns out Lord Geidt had no power to discipline Johnson and nobody is surprised
"So the position held by Lord Geidt is a load of sh**e?", said one person, summing up what a lot of people may now think.
Former defence secretary installed as bookies’ favourite to replace Johnson
The odds of the Tories losing both of next week's parliamentary by-elections in Wakefield and Tiverton & Honiton now stand at 78 per cent.