Boris Johnson: The six million pound man episode 3
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Boris Johnson's Holiday in Marbea
Number 10 refuses to confirm that Zach Goldsmith is covering the cost of the holiday. Ultimately Boris Johnson declares the trip, but he does so in the register of ministerial interests - which doesn't require the value of gifts to be specified. So the public never knows what the holiday is worth,. even though it's provided by the family of a man that Boris Johnson will elevate to the House of Lords and make a minister. He was unusual, if not unique, in his reluctance to be transparent, says Andrew Jimson. Rules are made to be broken. The more insistent they say I have got to do this, the more inclined you feel to call their bluff.
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