If you wanted someone who was prepared to speak clearly of what has gone wrong (I think) you'd be unlikely to choose Boardman. But my sense of him is that, in a very British establishment way, he is a serious figure and independently minded.
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If Cameron is sacrificed on this temporary altar, it is no skin off Johnson’s nose. They don’t like each other. Cameron has no gang anywhere, Tories hate him, remainers hate him. Johnson can hold up his severed head and say look how much I care about probity. Panto time again.
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I'm not sure whitewash is the result they want tbh
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They can pin it on David Cameron and DC is pinning it on Jeremy Heywood. JH can't argue back of course.
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You really do have to question his independence though. He's very connected to government, even listed on their websitehttps://www.gov.uk/government/people/nigel-boardman …
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Isn't this Hancock but with less hair?
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Doesn't the whitewash and redaction normally happen when the report sits in the PM's desk draw for 6 months, followed by a resignation or 2 for not wanting to amend the conclusions?
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There is still space available for him in the Upper House, have no doubt
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I expect he's been told what the findings will be...
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