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Originally Posted by Chris
He’s a political adviser, not an elected representative, and it is now explicitly on the public record that BoJo neither knew of, nor approved, the trip. It’s hard to see what the long-term damage can possibly be here - whereas forensic focus on strategic and tactical decisions taken by ministers over the last 5 months has the potential to cause serious reputational damage to those who will have to face the electorate on their records, even if that election is over 4 years away.
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There will still be plenty of the time for the latter, this is just a juicy story because someone who helped write the rules is accused of breaking them. Same reasons even less senior advisors like Neil Ferguson became stories even if it that case it was more clear cut.