Johnson obtains £58k of favours while offering govt support for the donor's project. Then lies about it.
The regulator, Lord Geidt, decides that this blatant corruption did not break the ministerial code.
Lord Geidt was appointed by Boris Johnson.
We need a formal constitution.
The regulator, Lord Geidt, decides that this blatant corruption did not break the ministerial code.
Lord Geidt was appointed by Boris Johnson.
We need a formal constitution.
I've long seen the government appointment system as fundamentally corrupt. It's as if a defendant in a criminal trial were allowed to choose the judge and jury from among his mates, decide which charges he should be tried on, and choose how the trial should be conducted.
It's the same with public inquiries: the govt decides who will preside over investigations into its own malfeasance, and what the scope should be.
Lord Geidt and other such figures are "independent" of the government in the sense that my right hand is independent of my left hand.
Lord Geidt and other such figures are "independent" of the government in the sense that my right hand is independent of my left hand.
It makes you wonder what the Prime Minister would have to do to break the ministerial code.
Child sacrifice?
Bestiality in a public place?
"While untoward, we find that these behaviours did not breach the code."
Child sacrifice?
Bestiality in a public place?
"While untoward, we find that these behaviours did not breach the code."
It looks like one big cosy club, doesn't it? Lord Geidt, whose peerage was announced by Theresa May, investigates the relationship between Boris Johnson and a fellow member of the House of Lords, Lord Brownlow, whose peerage was bestowed by Theresa May.
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