Leaked documents reveal wealthy Tory donors were given access to Boris Johnson's top team as part of a 'secret advisory board' during the pandemic
Responding to the report in The Times, SNP Deputy Westminster Leader, Kirsten Oswald MP said it was "absurd" Mr Johnson was still in office "after the long list of scandal and sleaze that seems to be endemic in his premiership".
"It is utterly absurd that Boris Johnson believes he can remain in office - indeed, it is absurd that he is even still in office after the long list of scandal and sleaze that seems to be endemic in his premiership," she said."Westminster is engulfed in sleaze, corruption and criminality, the Tory cost of living crisis is spiralling out of control, and his reckless hard Brexit has inflicted billions of pounds of damage to Scotland's economy.
"He should have gone long ago - and it is a disgrace that Tory MPs are continuing to sit on their hands and keep him in office.The Times reports that multimillionaires were able to sit on the board if they made a £250,000 donation to the Tory party. A meeting of the board - with Lord Udny-Lister talking with the donors on Microsoft Teams - took place at 3pm on the same day Mr Johnson was pictured having cheese and wine in the Downing Street garden.
Lord Udny-Lister was said to have been joined by Prince Charles's nephew Ben Elliot, 46, who serves as a Tory party chairman.appeared on The Sunday Times Rich ListWhilst the existence of the board has not been formally admitted by the Tory Party, The Times reported that Lord Udny-Lister acknowledged it last night and said he attended it "when asked".
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