he says it was the last straw, he was, would it be all right if we suspended the ministerial code to allow us to do something which is interesting. he said emphasis on steel tariffs, it was one example of what might constitute deliberate breaches by the uk and its obligations under international law giving the government widely publicised openness to this. it s a pretty damaging verdict. it is publicised openness to this. it s a pretty damaging verdict.- publicised openness to this. it s a pretty damaging verdict. it is but i don t think most pretty damaging verdict. it is but i don t think most people pretty damaging verdict. it is but i don t think most people will i pretty damaging verdict. it is but i don t think most people will know| don t think most people will know about lord geidt and all the damage here is pretty much locked in. if you think he s a liar and untrustworthy antiquity will not change your view regardless of lord geidtplus decision. i m very amused by this bri
attack~ leeway and mounting a similar attack. it s so significant what happened in china and that of course is why happened in china and that of course is why this happened in china and that of course is why this is happened in china and that of course is why this is so important. don t forget is why this is so important. don t forget there is still significant countries that are completely let s not say countries that are completely let s not say fine but they have not criticised not say fine but they have not criticised putin. not say fine but they have not criticised putin. . . ., criticised putin. india. we have the same strategic criticised putin. india. we have the same strategic interest criticised putin. india. we have the same strategic interest at - criticised putin. india. we have the same strategic interest at heart. . same strategic interest at heart. brazil, another important player that has not come out on the left side. i think some of these games we b
this is bbc news. the headlines. boris johnson s former ethics adviser says he resigned last night because the prime minister put him in an impossible and odious position over a plan to risk breaking the ministerial code. last night, after making clear his frustrations he would consider revive resigning before. also told mps it was reasonable to suggest the prime minister may have breached the ministerial code. in his resignation letter, lord geidt says he came close to quitting over the partygate scandal. interest rates up again to 1.25% the highest in more than a decade. the transport secretary has described next week s rail strikes as an act of self harm
understood to be on a trade issue which risked a deliberate and purposeful breach of the ministerial code . lord geidt s letter also says he came close to quitting over the partygate affair. in response, the prime minister said the resignation had come as a surprise. our political correspondent nick eardley reports. this is lord geidt, the man who was responsible for advising the prime minister on ethics but last night, after making clear his frustrations about downing street, he quit. and this morning, we found out why. in a letter, he told the prime minister. he adds.
our political correspondent, nick eardley, joins us now from westminster. when we get resignation letters of late, they have tended to be quite long and almost quite damaging as well when it comes to the prime minister. this resignation letter from lord geidt was very short? titer? from lord geidt was very short? very short, ust from lord geidt was very short? very short. just a from lord geidt was very short? very short, just a sentence. from lord geidt was very short? very short, just a sentence. but that was the short, just a sentence. but that was the only short, just a sentence. but that was the only the statement of the government put on their website. there government put on their website. there was government put on their website. there was a resignation letter, which there was a resignation letter, which we there was a resignation letter, which we think it s quite a bit longer, which we think it s quite a bit longer, which has not been published. i thin