Boris Johnson’s ethics adviser ready to quit if advice ignored
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Boris Johnson’s ethics adviser ready to quit if advice ignored

The Independent  

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Boris Johnson’s new independent ethics adviser has said he is ready to follow his predecessor in taking the “nuclear option” of resigning if the prime minister ignores his recommendations. He added: “I need to ensure that I conduct this role to the very best of my ability and do all I can to ensure that it can radiate, for the purpose of public and parliamentary confidence, the necessary degree of independence.” Lord Geidt said that his predecessor’s resignation, after Mr Johnson overruled him and cleared Ms Patel in November, may have increased public confidence in the Downing Street standards system. “My hunch is that any prime minister would wish to avoid the regular resignations of independent advisers.” Pressed on whether he would be willing to resign if his advice was overruled or ignored, Lord Geidt said: “If it came to it, I could.” Lord Geidt said he hoped his role would enable him to promote good conduct in government, but said that ministers including the PM need to take the lead. Labour committee member John McDonnell said that Lord Geidt’s account of cabinet secretary Simon Case approaching him to consider role “sounds like a very old-school conversation in the civil service club when the port is passed around”.

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