Those worried about the health of British politics have diagnosed a new disease at Westminster.
On taking office Rishi Sunak tried to shake off Long Johnson by promising that his government would be one of"integrity, professionalism and accountability" at all times. It is not proving so easy for the new prime minister to escape unwanted legacies from his predecessor-but-one.and Richard Sharp, have combined to create the biggest political crisis of Sunak's short premiership.
Nadhim Zahawi had the reputation at Westminster of a comparatively competent and personable minister, one of those credited with the successful roll-out of the vaccine programme. But as often with politicians who become conspicuously wealthy there was much gossip about his finances.Scrutiny of Zahawi's finances sharpened when he became Chancellor of the Exchequer, the politician responsible for the nation's finances and tax system.
There is no pressing reason why Boris Johnson should have made Zahawi chancellor. Nor does the haste with which the appointment was made suggest that the prime minister or his officials, led by the Cabinet Secretary, had sufficient time for due diligence looking into his suitability for this most sensitive financial post. Yet their green light then effectively gave him a free pass to prominent ministerial ranks under both Truss and Sunak.
Once he announced he was going, Johnson could have said that he was not accepting resignations and that all minsters would stay on in the interim. That is not the way Boris Johnson behaved. He used his dying powers of patronage to settle scores and to try to influence the outcome of the leadership election.
Sunak experienced the hard way the phenomenon, now hitting Zahawi and Sharp, that friendship with Johnson often has adverse consequences.
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