Boris Johnson’s ethics adviser Lord Geidt resigns

London: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s ethics adviser has quit a day after saying there was a “legitimate question” about whether Boris Johnson broke ministerial rules over PartyGate, BBC reported on Thursday.
Lord Christpher Geidt said that it was the “right thing” to do, without giving a reason for leaving the role, he took in April.

His predecessor, Sir Alex Allan, quit in 2020 after Johnson overruled him over a report into alleged bullying by Home Secretary Priti Patel.
Downing Street said that Lord Geidt’s resignation had been a “total surprise and a mystery” to the prime minister, adding that only on Monday Lord Geidt had asked if he could stay on for six more months.
According to reports Lord Geidt had threatened to quit last month after the publication of the Sue Gray report into lockdown breaches in Downing Street unless Johnson issued a public explanation for his conduct.
Appearing before a committee of MPs on Tuesday, Lord Geidt said: “Resignation is one of the rather blunt but few tools available to the adviser. I am glad that my frustrations were addressed in the way that they were.”
Opposition Labour deputy leader Angela Rayner said: “The prime minister has now driven both of his own handpicked ethics advisers to resign in despair.
Liberal Democrat chief whip Wendy Chamberlain said: “When both of Boris Johnson’s own ethics advisers have quit, it is obvious that he is the one who needs to go.”
Former cabinet secretary Lord Turnbull said of Johnson: “The pattern of behavior is that anyone who has the power to criticize, obstruct or force him to change, he will try to reduce their power, suborn them or the last resort wave them aside.” (UNI)

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