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Sue Gray
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she sticking with no comment, just like her lawyer sir K told her.
Naughty Sue, she could put the whole record straight by releasing a statement rather than secretly briefing the Times via her mates.
Motorbiking pretends to be a stickler for process, including one invented after the event
What did he say about Johnson's new job? "Naughty Boris?"
"The Whitehall watchdog that vets appointments taken up by former ministers immediately complained Johnson had not gained permission for his role at the Mail.
Johnson committed a “clear breach” of the rules by only informing the advisory committee on business appointments of the role half an hour before it was announced, said the watchdog."
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What did he say about Johnson's new job? "Naughty Boris?"
"The Whitehall watchdog that vets appointments taken up by former ministers immediately complained Johnson had not gained permission for his role at the Mail.
Johnson committed a “clear breach” of the rules by only informing the advisory committee on business appointments of the role half an hour before it was announced, said the watchdog."
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Boris was throwing parties, his staff knew. Boris set the tone for his underlings. Probably a moral boosting exercise but unlawful.
"its OK, the gaffer said so and does it himself.."
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Should Prime Ministers be allowed to lie to Parliament?
Give over with the swerving.
Given that you have already acknowledged that Bozo broke the rules, and that the PM must
follow those rules,
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An Acoba spokeswoman told the BBC "newspaper columns are not considered significantly problematic", but Mr Johnson was still meant to seek its advice. But it made the headlines and got the lefties frothing... again.
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It's the bojo supporters frothing if you hadn't noticed
If their leaders said its OK to do so, then yes.
Is the right answer, @motorbiking
Adice? Surely you mean permission.
And, of course, he didn't.
I gather you don't care about irregularities
But only when they are performed by Johnson.
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I was quoting the spokesperson. Don't shoot the messenger (again).
Boris Johnson breaks ministerial code with new Daily Mail job
Vetting committee say the former prime minister should have cleared his new column with them first.
www.bbc.co.uk
Have you got a link to the actual words from the committee's actual delegated representative?
Naughty motorbiking and his buddies' smear campaign is looking very bad.
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"Here is what is important about the decision of the Advisory Committee on Business Interests on Sue Gray’s appointment as Keir Starmer’s chief of staff - and Eric Pickles’ letter explaining why it recommends she wait six months, or till September, before taking up the post.
His letter is implicitly critical of her former colleagues in Whitehall - at the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities and at the Cabinet Office - for making an emotional case that she had breached impartiality by talking to Labour about leaving the civil service, and then - when asked for concrete examples - being unable to provide a single instance where she had actually breached impartiality or was likely to breach impartiality.
"Their submission and position was flaky and over the top," said a well-placed source.
The Advisory Committee on Business Appointments (ACOBA) also implicitly criticises Whitehall for briefing against her in the press.
Credit: ACOBA
The net result is that ACOBA ended up imposing a shorter period in the wilderness for Gray than it might otherwise have done, and around half what the Cabinet Office asked for.
This is all pretty embarrassing for the centre of government.
If the Cabinet Office goes ahead with its threat to find her guilty of breaking the ministerial code, that will look odd given its failure to persuade ACOBA there was or would be a breach of her duty as a civil servant to be impartial."
"How the campaign against Sue Gray backfired
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Robert Peston
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"Here is what is important about the decision of the Advisory Committee on Business Interests on Sue Gray’s appointment as Keir Starmer’s chief of staff - and Eric Pickles’ letter explaining why it recommends she wait six months, or till September, before taking up the post.
His letter is implicitly critical of her former colleagues in Whitehall - at the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities and at the Cabinet Office - for making an emotional case that she had breached impartiality by talking to Labour about leaving the civil service, and then - when asked for concrete examples - being unable to provide a single instance where she had actually breached impartiality or was likely to breach impartiality.
"Their submission and position was flaky and over the top," said a well-placed source.
The Advisory Committee on Business Appointments (ACOBA) also implicitly criticises Whitehall for briefing against her in the press.
The net result is that ACOBA ended up imposing a shorter period in the wilderness for Gray than it might otherwise have done, and around half what the Cabinet Office asked for.
This is all pretty embarrassing for the centre of government.
If the Cabinet Office goes ahead with its threat to find her guilty of breaking the ministerial code, that will look odd given its failure to persuade ACOBA there was or would be a breach of her duty as a civil servant to be impartial."
"being unable to provide a single instance where she had actually breached impartiality or was likely to breach impartiality."
Yep, that's naughty @motorbiking
His example (a press release) turned out to be made up.
Yep, that's naughty @motorbiking
His example (a press release) turned out to be made up.
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