06-17-2022, 08:48 AM
Scandal-hit UK PM loses second ethics chief
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's top ethics adviser said he had quit after the government forced him into an "impossible and odious" position, according to a letter released on Thursday (Jun 16).
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Christopher Geidt is the second official to quit the role in two years in protest at Johnson's actions. His resignation on Wednesday came after the prime minister was enmeshed in the "Partygate" scandal, which saw him receive a police fine.
Lord Geidt had stayed on despite expressing unease over the Covid lockdown-breaching parties in Downing Street, and endured a bruising time in front of a committee of MPs on Monday.
At that hearing, Geidt had said it was "reasonable" to conclude that Johnson broke Britain's ministerial code by getting the police fine. Breaches of the code are traditionally a resigning matter.
But Johnson has refused to quit, and his office said it was "surprised" at the mandarin's decision to step down now, as the term "Geidtgate" began circulating on social media.
In his resignation letter to Johnson, Geidt said the final straw came when he was asked to advise on "a deliberate and purposeful breach of the ministerial code" by the government on an unspecified issue.
"This request has placed me in an impossible and odious position," he wrote.
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's top ethics adviser said he had quit after the government forced him into an "impossible and odious" position, according to a letter released on Thursday (Jun 16).
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Christopher Geidt is the second official to quit the role in two years in protest at Johnson's actions. His resignation on Wednesday came after the prime minister was enmeshed in the "Partygate" scandal, which saw him receive a police fine.
Lord Geidt had stayed on despite expressing unease over the Covid lockdown-breaching parties in Downing Street, and endured a bruising time in front of a committee of MPs on Monday.
At that hearing, Geidt had said it was "reasonable" to conclude that Johnson broke Britain's ministerial code by getting the police fine. Breaches of the code are traditionally a resigning matter.
But Johnson has refused to quit, and his office said it was "surprised" at the mandarin's decision to step down now, as the term "Geidtgate" began circulating on social media.
In his resignation letter to Johnson, Geidt said the final straw came when he was asked to advise on "a deliberate and purposeful breach of the ministerial code" by the government on an unspecified issue.
"This request has placed me in an impossible and odious position," he wrote.