Boris Johnson is considering not replacing Lord Geidt as an ethics adviser after abruptly resigning, accusing the prime minister of preparing “a deliberate and intentional breach of the ministerial code”.
Geidt, the Queen’s former private secretary, is the second independent ministerial adviser to resign in protest of Johnson’s behavior in less than two years.
Downing Street said this afternoon that Johnson will conduct a review of the “vital” role the advisor performs before deciding whether to replace him.
In a letter of resignation released today, Geidt said the government had put him in an “impossible and odious position” and that Johnson’s plans to risk violating international law with subsidies to the steel industry would ” a mockery. “