Boris Johnson in 1987 with Ewen Fergusson, circled, and their Oxford contemporaries and fellow Bullingdon Club membersBoris Johnson has appointed a Bullingdon Club contemporary to the independent watchdog that advises him on ethical standards in public life. Ewen Fergusson was photographed alongside the prime minister and David Cameron in an image of the elite Oxford dining club from 1987. SponsoredJohnson has appointed his university friend, now a lawyer, to the committee on standards in public life, the body that recently conducted a review of lobbying laws after the Greensill scandal. Sir Alistair Graham, a former chairman of the committee, described the appointment as “pathetic”. The committee was established in 1994 by John Major in the aftermath of the “cash for questions” affair.

Source: The Times July 15, 2021 23:00 UTC