Rishi Sunak was furious that Boris Johnson was trying to get a knighthood for his own father, joking that he would just give his father a card.
The former prime minister’s resignation honors list is now under scrutiny after it was reportedly cut in half from its original length of more than 100 names.
In recent years, his son’s advocate, former Conservative MP Stanley Johnson, was nominated for the title of knight as part of the list.
By convention, the new prime minister has not attempted to amend the honor of his predecessor’s resignation, and the current administration has refused to comment on the contents of Mr Johnson’s list.
Asked if he would approve the former prime minister’s proposal to knight his father, Sunak said: “The big success for me is remembering to give my father a card on Father’s Day. is the limit of
see more news
He added: I will not comment on speculation. We won’t know these things until we see them in action, so I can’t say much more than that. My dad is going to get a card for his Father’s Day and that’s it. “
Immigration minister and one of Sunak’s closest allies, Robert Jenrick, has directly criticized Johnson’s honor list, showing that the government is unhappy with it.
“It is not wise for a former prime minister to nominate his own family members for honor,” he said in a BBC Question Time.
It is understood that Mr. Johnson originally sought as many as 100 nominations for nobility, knighthood, and other honors, but that number has now been cut in half.
He is widely believed to have offered Senate seats to key parliamentary allies, including Scottish Secretary Alistair Jack and former Cabinet Ministers Alok Sharma, Nadine Dries and Nigel Adams.
When Johnson was ranked 10th, he bestowed the title on his brother Joe, a former Conservative MP and minister.
