Boris Johnson is considering not replacing Lord Hyde as his ethics adviser after he abruptly left, accusing the prime minister of preparing “a deliberate and deliberate violation of the Ministerial Code.”
Hyde, the Queen’s former personal 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 would review the “vital” role the counselor performed before deciding whether to replace him.
In a resignation letter released today, Hyde said he had been placed in an “impossible and hateful position” by the government and that Johnson’s plans to risk violating international law with subsidies to the steel industry would “make a mockery”.
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