The best friend of Boris Johnson’s fiancee Carrie Symonds was given an official paid role without it being advertised. The Home Office announced in October that Nimco Ali had been made an adviser on tackling violence against women and girls. The appointment raises issues of jobs for cronies because it appears to have been created for Miss Ali, a prominent anti-FGM campaigner who is godmother to Miss Symonds’ son with the Prime Minister. The Daily Mail revealed last week that Mr Johnson tried to give another close friend of Miss Symonds, former TalkRadio journalist Ross Kempsell, a £90,000-a-year job at Conservative party HQ. This newspaper also told how Miss Symonds tried to stop the Prime Minister hosting a Covid crisis meeting to deal with a media row over their dog Dilyn.

Source: Daily Mail December 04, 2020 22:54 UTC