'I can have no part in this' - Ethics adviser says Boris Johnson risked deliberate breach of his own ministerial code

The ministerial interests adviser said in his resignation letter to the UK Prime Minister that he had been only credibly clinging onto the role “by a very small margin” over partygate

Thu, 16 Jun, 2022 - 12:44

Sam Blewett and David Hughes, PA Political Staff

Boris Johnson considered action risking a deliberate breach of his own ministerial code, Christopher Geidt said as he quit as ethics adviser over the “impossible and odious” position.

The ministerial interests adviser said in his resignation letter to the UK Prime Minister that he had been only credibly clinging onto the role “by a very small margin” over partygate.