“Boris Johnson’s anti-corruption tsar” — **literally**, the Impossible Job.
Going to be one of those days where I have BBC news on all day because it’s top entertainment.
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>The prime minister’s anti-corruption tsar has resigned over Boris Johnson’s response to the Sue Gray report into partygate – and will vote for him to go tonight.
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>John Penrose has sent his resignation letter to the PM just hours after it was announced a confidence vote in Mr Johnson’s leadership will take place between 6pm and 8pm today.
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>The MP for Weston-super-Mare has been the UK’s anti-corruption champion at the Home Office since 2017 but said he could no longer be in his post as Mr Johnson had not addressed the “failures of leadership and judgment” Ms Gray said had taken place over lockdown-breaking parties in Downing Street.
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>He said Mr Johnson has therefore breached “a fundamental principle of the Ministerial Code – a clear resigning matter” but said his letter to Lord Geidt, the PM’s independent adviser on the code, “ignores this absolutely central, non-negotiable issue completely”.
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>Mr Penrose confirmed to Sky News he will be voting against the PM this evening and said this is “the beginning of the end”.
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>He said: “I’m sorry to have to resign as the PM’s anti-corruption tsar but, after his reply last week about the ministerial code, it’s pretty clear he has broken it.
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>”That’s a resigning matter for me, and it should be for the PM too.”
What’s the fucking deal with people calling Tories Tsar’s??? Is this to highlight the amount of Russian influence in the party or what?
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Bit late for that.
Cant believe ANTIFA have infiltrated the Tory Party to this level
/s
Doing what Conservatives do best, self imploding.
This anti-corruption tsar guy must think he’s like a Lifeguard at the olympics. Most pointless shit ever. Every single thing they touch is corruption.
The man he hired to root out corruption has concluded he’s corrupt.
Is this one of the ‘big calls’ the PM’s allies insist he’s got right?
A tsar? What is this, russia?
Resigned but still voting?
So that’s the anti corruption tsar and BJs “independent ethics advisor” both saying he broke the ministerial code, but apparently this is just ” media’s favourite obsession”
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And yet still around half of Tories will continue to support him.
I think many of you might not remember or connect the dots but John Penrose is more commonly known as Dido Harding’s husband.
Dido Harding as in the completely incompetent university friend of Johnsons who keeps failing upwards and was the one who was in charge of the NHS track & trace that was an absolute fucking shambles
This boys going down and it’s going to be so joyous to watch.
Fully expect Johnson to just easily sail through this vote and gain license to do whatever as he’ll be immune to another vote for a while
This is a clean break for Boris. Of all the thing’s he’s done partygate is the least consequential. Being “forced out” of his party for being a little bit naughty is nothing on being held accountable for robbing the country blind.
rats and a sinking ship, vote them out later on too
If partygate pushed him over the edge but not the way contracts were handled during the pandemic and during Brexit preparations… what the fuck were they doing all this time? Sticking their fingers in their ears and going “lalalalalala I can’t hear you” maybe?
Now this is entertainment
Why do these people fucking resign in protest. It’s literally this person’s job to stay and make sure PM resigns.
Funny that the anti corruption Tsar is the wife of Dido Harding
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More:
>[Independent: Boris Johnson’s anti-corruption tsar resigns, claiming PM broke ministerial code over Partygate](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/boris-johnson-confidence-vote-john-penrose-b2094769.html)
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>‘I hope you will stand aside so we can look to the future and choose your successor’
Not looking good
Hunt is on:
>[Guardian: Jeremy Hunt urges Tory MPs to vote no confidence in Boris Johnson](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/jun/06/boris-johnson-jeremy-hunt-tory-mps-vote-no-confidence)
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>Former minister says Tory party is set to lose next election because of lack of integrity, competence and visio
…and would not want you to miss:
>The Prime Minister has written to Conservative MPs…
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>>>[page 1](https://nitter.net/pic/orig/media%2FFUj4LYDWQAAd0Qp.jpg) · · [page 2](https://nitter.net/pic/orig/media%2FFUj4LYGWIAErunt.jpg) · · [page 3](https://nitter.net/pic/orig/media%2FFUj4LYEWAAE-YHU.jpg)
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>‘We can put an end to the media’s favourite obsession,’ writes the Prime Minister
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> — *Chris Mason (@ChrisMasonBBC)* – [Jun 6, 2022 · 10:52 AM](https://nitter.net/ChrisMasonBBC/status/1533748553167908866) – ([twitter link](https://twitter.com/ChrisMasonBBC/status/1533748553167908866))
“Boris Johnson’s anti-corruption tsar” — **literally**, the Impossible Job.
Going to be one of those days where I have BBC news on all day because it’s top entertainment.
article:
>The prime minister’s anti-corruption tsar has resigned over Boris Johnson’s response to the Sue Gray report into partygate – and will vote for him to go tonight.
>
>John Penrose has sent his resignation letter to the PM just hours after it was announced a confidence vote in Mr Johnson’s leadership will take place between 6pm and 8pm today.
>
>The MP for Weston-super-Mare has been the UK’s anti-corruption champion at the Home Office since 2017 but said he could no longer be in his post as Mr Johnson had not addressed the “failures of leadership and judgment” Ms Gray said had taken place over lockdown-breaking parties in Downing Street.
>
>He said Mr Johnson has therefore breached “a fundamental principle of the Ministerial Code – a clear resigning matter” but said his letter to Lord Geidt, the PM’s independent adviser on the code, “ignores this absolutely central, non-negotiable issue completely”.
>
>Mr Penrose confirmed to Sky News he will be voting against the PM this evening and said this is “the beginning of the end”.
>
>He said: “I’m sorry to have to resign as the PM’s anti-corruption tsar but, after his reply last week about the ministerial code, it’s pretty clear he has broken it.
>
>”That’s a resigning matter for me, and it should be for the PM too.”
What’s the fucking deal with people calling Tories Tsar’s??? Is this to highlight the amount of Russian influence in the party or what?
[deleted]
Bit late for that.
Cant believe ANTIFA have infiltrated the Tory Party to this level
/s
Doing what Conservatives do best, self imploding.
This anti-corruption tsar guy must think he’s like a Lifeguard at the olympics. Most pointless shit ever. Every single thing they touch is corruption.
The man he hired to root out corruption has concluded he’s corrupt.
Is this one of the ‘big calls’ the PM’s allies insist he’s got right?
A tsar? What is this, russia?
Resigned but still voting?
So that’s the anti corruption tsar and BJs “independent ethics advisor” both saying he broke the ministerial code, but apparently this is just ” media’s favourite obsession”
​
And yet still around half of Tories will continue to support him.
I think many of you might not remember or connect the dots but John Penrose is more commonly known as Dido Harding’s husband.
Dido Harding as in the completely incompetent university friend of Johnsons who keeps failing upwards and was the one who was in charge of the NHS track & trace that was an absolute fucking shambles
This boys going down and it’s going to be so joyous to watch.
Fully expect Johnson to just easily sail through this vote and gain license to do whatever as he’ll be immune to another vote for a while
This is a clean break for Boris. Of all the thing’s he’s done partygate is the least consequential. Being “forced out” of his party for being a little bit naughty is nothing on being held accountable for robbing the country blind.
rats and a sinking ship, vote them out later on too
If partygate pushed him over the edge but not the way contracts were handled during the pandemic and during Brexit preparations… what the fuck were they doing all this time? Sticking their fingers in their ears and going “lalalalalala I can’t hear you” maybe?
Now this is entertainment
Why do these people fucking resign in protest. It’s literally this person’s job to stay and make sure PM resigns.
Funny that the anti corruption Tsar is the wife of Dido Harding