Boris Johnson chairs his cabinet meeting this Tuesday in Downing Street.
Downing Street denies that the Prime Minister was aware of the alleged sexual harassment committed by the Tory MP and then Secretary of State, Chris Pincher, in 2019
Lord Simon McDonald, a respected veteran of the British Administration, has accused Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his spokesmen in Downing Street of spreading false and incorrect information about the latest sexual harassment scandal within the government and the Conservative Party.
The former permanent secretary of the Foreign Office reveals in a letter, published this Tuesday, that Johnson was personally informed of an internal investigation into allegations of a sexual nature that was conducted in the summer of 2019 on the Tory MP and then Secretary of State, Chris Pincher .
Downing Street has denied for the past five days that the prime minister was aware of “specific allegations” about the irregular conduct of Pincher, whom he promoted as deputy head of discipline for the parliamentary group last February. “The original Downing Street statement is not true and the amendment remains incorrect,” argues the most prominent of the latest batch of UK senior officials.
Lord McDonald forwarded the letter to the Parliamentary Ethics Commissioner, who is investigating complaints filed against Pincher for alleged sexual harassment of two individuals at the Carlton private club last week. Since then, more allegations have emerged from possible victims of the now humiliated deputy and Johnson’s ability to lead the country is once again being questioned.