The Prime Minister was challenged in the House of Commons for reports that she put the idea to appoint her to the position of 100,000 pounds per year as chief of staff at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 2018. There has been no denial from Downing Street that the Prime Minister should withdraw from the plans by aides, and Mr. Johnson’s decision to avoid questioning the Prime Minister in the Commonwealth is likely to be seen by many as an effective confirmation of the Petitions. There is growing pressure to investigate allegations that Mr Johnson has repeatedly pressured Ms Symonds to be selected for the tax-funded job at the State Department. But there is no one to investigate – after his ethics adviser resigned last week over what Christopher Geidt claimed was a separate plan that would violate the ministerial code. Meanwhile, he claimed and did not deny that as prime minister in 2020, Mr Johnson suggested that Carrie – until then his wife – could take on a senior environmental role linked to the COP26 climate change summit or Earthshot Award of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge. Reports say he wanted Prime Minister Simon Case, who was formerly Prince William’s private secretary, to “respond”. But advisers are said to have vetoed both proposals, warning that any position could undermine his wife’s status as an individual. In the Commonwealth, Labor MP Chris Elmore asked Mr Johnson: “Has he ever considered appointing his current wife to a government position or to an organization in one of the royal houses? Mr Elmore added: “Be an honest prime minister – yes or no?” But the prime minister avoided the question, saying: “I know why the opposite party wants to talk about non-existent jobs in the media because they do not want to talk about what is happening in the real world.” Sir Keir Starmer attacked his failure to respond, telling lawmakers to laugh: “If I ever need advice – say for a .000 100,000 job at the State Department – I will ask for a recommendation.” A senior Labor leader’s spokesman later confirmed that he had seen the prime minister’s failure to address Mr Elmore’s question as an effective confirmation of the allegations. “It was a complete non-refusal by the prime minister to PMQ,” he said. Downing Street has repeatedly refused to answer questions about the dispute since the allegation was made over the weekend. Instead, the prime minister’s spokeswoman’s spokeswoman was quoted as saying: it was “as untrue as it is now. it was then “. No 10 sources were able to explain today how Ms. Johnson, as an individual, received confidential information about the government’s internal discussions on taxpayer-funded recruitment. The prime minister’s spokesman only said that the prime minister “has never nominated Ms. Johnson for a government role or as part of the Earthshot Award”, but declined to say whether her possible appointment was ever discussed with aides. Downing Street has also stopped replacing Lord Gide, leaving a vacancy meaning there is no police guard for alleged breaches of the code set for all ministers. A former secretary of state, Alan Duncan, said he had been told that Ms Simmons – then in charge of communications at the Conservative Party (CCHQ) headquarters – was in line for a special role as an adviser in the department. “For someone slightly unproven who knew nothing about foreign affairs coming out of the CCHQ and at the State Department it was rather remarkable,” he said. The chairman of the Commons Standards Committee, Chris Bryant, called for the “paper route” behind the controversy to be published. “It is obviously corrupt to appoint your lover as Spad [special adviser]”, He wrote on Twitter.
