Is this the labour party's manifesto as we approach the upcoming local elections?

Why now I ask myself?

Oh years before that -- remember the Profumo Scandal?

At Tuesday's Downing Street press conference, Huffpost Political Editor Paul Waugh told Mr Johnson the current Greensill lobbying controversy had "sparked a lot of interest in whether the Nolan principles in public life have any teeth or relevance any more".

He asked the PM: "Do you agree with the Independent Office for Police Conduct in its review of your links with Jennifer Arcuri, which concluded 'it would have been wise for Mr Johnson to have declared this as a conflict of interest and a failure to do so could have constituted a breach of the Nolan principles?' Those principles involve acting with honesty and integrity. Do you believe you acted with honesty and integrity in your relationship with Miss Arcuri, who claims you conducted your affair in your marital home?"

Mr Johnson, who has divorced his second wife, Marina Wheeler, since the alleged events described by Ms Arcuri in recent interviews, gave a lengthy reply to Mr Waugh's first question, about a third runway at Heathrow Airport.

But he confined his remarks on the Arcuri question to a single word: "Yes".