Bertha Joseph is credibly reported to be on her way out. Boris Johnson has apparently written to her giving her fourteen days to explain her behaviour or face dismissal from the Fire Authority. My guess is that Joseph will string it out as much as possible, partly for the extra few hundred pounds and partly to make herself the centre of attention for as long as possible.
Boris really has made a shocking mess of the whole thing. Firstly promoting her after the Brent Standards Committee had condemned her means that he had no excuse for regarding her as innocent. It was just a shabby political manoevre designed to give the Tories a temporary majority on LFEPA. It destroys his credibility as a sleazebuster, which was already looking tatty thanks to Ian Clement et al.
Even after the judge gave his damning verdict, Boris tried to keep Joseph in place. Being forced to dump her now makes him look weak as well as cynical, rather like John Major being forced to dump his cabinet ministers.
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