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Denzil_DC

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Reply to T_i_B (Reply #28)

Tue Jul 17, 2018, 07:15 PM

Jul 2018

Boris Johnson flouts MPs' rules after return to newspaper column

Boris Johnson has broken rules that prevent former cabinet ministers taking up new jobs for three months after leaving office.

The former foreign secretary failed to get permission from the government’s appointments watchdog for his role as a columnist for the Daily Telegraph.

Former ministers should apply to the advisory committee on business appointments (Acoba) before accepting a new role under the ministerial code.

Ministers who have been members of the cabinet should not accept new appointments for three months after leaving office.

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/jul/17/boris-johnson-flouts-commons-rules-after-return-to-newspaper-column

It's not clear in what sense these are "rules", as there seem to be no penalties for breaking them.

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David Davis resigns as Brexit secretary [UPDATE: JOHNSON'S GONE TOO!] [View all] Denzil_DC Jul 2018 OP

The Independent's now updating its story: Denzil_DC Jul 2018 #1

May must make the case for patriotism. Eyeball_Kid Jul 2018 #27

And another one's going: Denzil_DC Jul 2018 #2

Davis's resignation letter: Denzil_DC Jul 2018 #3

And May's reply: Denzil_DC Jul 2018 #4

From all that, it's difficult to know who to blame more.... T_i_B Jul 2018 #5

Agree on all points LeftishBrit Jul 2018 #6

Commiserations on having President Fart nearby this week T_i_B Jul 2018 #17

Quite a lot of us were there to express our views on having him in our backyard! LeftishBrit Jul 2018 #24

I support the anti-Trump protestors even more now.... T_i_B Jul 2018 #25

My reading is that May finally realized that the only way out of the years-long impasse Denzil_DC Jul 2018 #8

From a distance, seems to me it all began with Cameron. Matilda Jul 2018 #23

Steve Baker and Suella Braverman have also resigned LeftishBrit Jul 2018 #7

Johnson finally resigns! Denzil_DC Jul 2018 #9

Good riddance, except that he may now seek the keys to No. 10 and ultra-hard Brexit LeftishBrit Jul 2018 #10

The thought of Boris as PM obviously isn't one I'm keen on. Denzil_DC Jul 2018 #11

I think that although opinion polls would want a GE I doubt the Tories would listen Soph0571 Jul 2018 #12

One name being mentioned as Foreign Secretary on social media at the moment is Gove. Denzil_DC Jul 2018 #13

I think he would fly to take that job Soph0571 Jul 2018 #14

I suspect he'd do his damnedest to sprout wings if he could! Denzil_DC Jul 2018 #15

Oh, and this is fun: Denzil_DC Jul 2018 #16

I checked oddschecker for who was favourite as new Foreign Secretary. "Tristram Hunt", strangely muriel_volestrangler Jul 2018 #18

The bookies, for once, don't seem to have any more of a clue than the rest of us: Denzil_DC Jul 2018 #20

It's Jeremy H*nt T_i_B Jul 2018 #21

If Labour win a general election and get saddled with this mess.... T_i_B Jul 2018 #19

So now Jeremy Rhyming-Slang will be Foreign Secretary LeftishBrit Jul 2018 #22

One thing worrying me about Boris Johnson is his ambition. calimary Jul 2018 #26

I think he will be pontificating for the Telegraph again. T_i_B Jul 2018 #28

Indeed, having had to give up his Telegraph column when he became Home Secretary, Denzil_DC Jul 2018 #29

Add this to the list: Denzil_DC Jul 2018 #30