Boris Johnson could lose legal funding for Covid inquiry
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/1...540ecb9ddb1313
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The Cabinet Office has warned Boris Johnson it will pull public funding for his legal advice for the Covid inquiry if he “undermines the government’s position” or releases evidence without permission.
Government lawyers wrote to Johnson last week saying money would “cease to be available” if he broke any of their conditions.
These include the requirement to co-operate with any “reasonable” demand and to send them his witness statements and any requested documents for pre-approval and redaction before they are submitted to the inquiry.
The advice puts the former prime minister on a collision course with officials, with experts suggesting that he may have already breached some of its provisions.
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Oh, dear, how sad, never mind…
Mind you, I suppose he could ask one of his mates to pay for it - you know, people who have loaned him money/given him freebies before; his cousin Sam Blyth (who was such"close family" he had to be introduced to him by Richard Sharp), Lord Lebedev of Hampton and Serbia, Lord and Lady Bamford of JCB, Lord Goldsmith, Lord Cruddas, David Ross, Lord Brownlow, Christopher Harborne, Investors in Private Capital Ltd, Keith Rupert Murdoch, UK Office of the Victor Pinchuk Foundation, etc., etc…