Lord Geidt threatens to resign as Boris Johnson's ethics chief over parties - The Times

Boris Johnson’s ethics adviser has threatened to quit over the Downing Street parties scandal after concluding that there were “legitimate” questions about whether the prime minister breached the ministerial code.

Lord Geidt, the independent adviser on ministers’ interests, said Johnson’s breach of the law threatened to undermine the role and risked leaving the system open to ridicule.

The Times has been told that Geidt threatened to quit during a discussion with the prime minister on Tuesday morning unless he issued a public explanation about his conduct.

Johnson responded with a public letter to Geidt explaining his actions and claiming that his breach of the rules was “unwitting”. He said his claim in parliament that there had been no parties was “conveyed in good faith” and

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2022-06-01 08:35:00Z
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