Boris Johnson has put his father ahead for a knighthood in his resignation honours listing, it has been reported.
The former prime minister, who left workplace final September, has nominated Stanley Johnson for the honour, The Times newspaper mentioned.
Stanley Johnson, a former MEP, was amongst as many as 100 names put ahead by Mr Johnson for Cabinet Office vetting, the paper added.
A spokesperson for the previous Conservative chief mentioned: “We don’t comment on honours.”
Any honour for Stanley Johnson would elevate questions on Mr Johnson’s use of the honours system to reward relations with titles.
He confronted accusations of cronyism in 2020 after he nominated his brother Jo Johnson, a former minister, for a peerage in 2020. He is now Lord Johnson of Marylebone.
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In 2021, senior Tory MP Caroline Nokes and a journalist publicly accused Stanley Johnson of touching them at Conservative social gathering conferences.
Ms Nokes, chairwoman of the Commons’ ladies and equalities committee, accused Stanley Johnson of forcefully smacking her on the bottom and making a vulgar remark on the Conservative Party convention in 2003.
Stanley Johnson mentioned after that he had “no recollection” of both incident.
Source: information.sky.com”