The Tories have sacked their vice-chairman, the shadow arts minister Boris Johnson, in the wake of tabloid newspaper rumours about his private life. It was reported in some newspapers that Boris had an affair with a colleague - rumours that Boris dismissed as 'piffle'.
The Conservative Party leadership has said that its decision to sack Johnson was not based on a moral judgment of his behaviour, but on its belief that, in denying the reports, he had lied.
Or more plausibly, Johnson had to go. He didn't fit. He is likeable, charismatic, and displays more than a microscopic trace of a personality.
No place for that in the Tory party.
[80s reference] Ooh, little bit of politics. My name's Ben Elton. Goodnight!
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