ITV has reported that it is dropping its reality show The Only Way is Ethics after the second host of the show resigned in as many years.
'The show's producer, journalist Boris Johnson, seems to have alienated the hosts and it is impossible to find suitably qualified advisors at short notice,' said a spokesman today.
'So we are going to run without an ethics advisor going forward in all of our endeavours. To be honest, we don't think anyone will notice,' he added.
The Prime-Minister is believed to be considering a fictional character as his new ethics advisor with the Lords Voldemort and Vader heading the list.
"There are some restrictions on who can be appointed", explained a Downing Street spokesman, "For example, people convicted of high treason and bankrupts aren't allowed to sit in the Lords; that eliminated around half the list, however there's no rule saying that the appointment must be of a real person and the advantage of a chap like Lord Voldemort is that he's already a Lord."
'How many ethics advisors does it take to change Boris Johnson? Only one, but Boris Johnson has to really wanna change.'
As if being Boris Johnson's ethics advisor wasn't enough of a joke, a good sense of humour (but not necessarily a good sense of right and wrong) could form part of the formal job description. Employment opportunities for the ever-growing list of former ethics advisors include Keir Starmer's charisma consultant, Prince Andrew's diary manager and Elon Musk's hair strategist.
Being asked about a 'deliberate and purposeful breach of the Ministerial Code' was the final straw for the latest sucker. Johnson allegedly muttered about having 'done a lot worse' and the old mnemonic 'Divorced, beheaded, died, divorced, beheaded, survived.' His mood was later lifted by the realisation he could get blotto at yet another leaving do.
