>> He can't be fired for hypocrisy.
>> It is not clear to me that employment law applies here, at least not directly.
>> He can't be fired for breaking COVID rules.
He can be fired for breaching the Ministerial Code. The Nolan Principles do not allow employing your Mistress. Not only should you not show favour but, if there is any conflict you should declare it and butt out completely in any selection process.
The PM however has already let Patel stay in post after a breach. There must be a worry that while BoJo is at the helm the Code is not worth the paper it's written on.
I seriously worry about the insight of the British people when they say it doesn't matter who paid for Boris's wallpaper. Are folks seriously so short sighted and so tied to the 'taxpayers money' mantra that they see only the saving to the public purse and not the Minister beholden to donors?
Caught a bit of an article about a focus group on Times Radio. Two of them thought Boris was 'one of us' and Keir Starmer a posh boy from Public School.
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