The Prime Minister is aware of he should do away with Martin Reynolds, the aide who despatched the Downing Road backyard get together e-mail, a supply has mentioned. However for Boris Johnson, the sacking can be like ‘taking pictures a beloved labrador’.
The Prime Minister’s non-public remark was revealed to the Every day Mail as Mr Reynolds, probably the most senior civil servant in No 10, was underneath rising strain to resign over the lockdown-busting occasion.
And it was claimed final evening that he was concerned in one other boozy gathering in Downing Road.
He reportedly attended an occasion on December 18, 2020, the place aides stayed late and drank alcohol.
This was the identical evening because the notorious Christmas get together within the No 10 press workplace. The highlight is now burning brightly on Mr Reynolds, 52, dubbed ‘Celebration Marty’.
Mr Reynolds studied regulation at Cambridge College, the place he listed pursuits together with ‘orchestras and mountaineering’.
Shut: Martin Reynolds with the PM
There he met his spouse Sarah, 51, with whom he has two teenage sons. Whereas she grew to become a chartered accountant, he labored as a solicitor earlier than becoming a member of the civil service in 1997.
After a stint in Brussels, he grew to become Britain’s deputy excessive commissioner in Pretoria, South Africa, from 2011 to 2014, and in 2019 was appointed ambassador to Libya.
Mr Johnson made the remark about his reluctance to fireplace Mr Reynolds earlier than the get together furore erupted, the supply mentioned.
The Prime Minister had been responding to issues that his aide was not ‘robust sufficient’ for the job. One supply described him as ‘one other sure man’. Mr Johnson’s spokesman denied that he had made the labrador remark.
The Prime Minister had been responding to issues that his aide was not ‘robust sufficient’ for the job. One supply described him as ‘one other sure man’. Mr Johnson’s spokesman denied that he had made the labrador remark