Appearing in front of a committee of MPs earlier this week, Lord Geidt faced a tricky interrogation. In that time, he acknowledged it was “reasonable” to suggest that Boris Johnson had broken the Ministerial Code. He did not resign then. He has now.
It seems as if the session in Parliament was the straw that broke the ethics adviser’s back. Lord Geidt’s departure means that the Prime Minister is now looking for his third Independent Adviser on Ministers’ Interests, with the last two having quit on his watch.
