After Dominic Cummings was retained after his trip to Barnard Castle no surprise that Johnson has sided with Patel over the bullying inquiry.

“Boris Johnson's adviser on the Ministerial Code has resigned after the PM backed Home Secretary Priti Patel over a bullying inquiry. The government's standards adviser Sir Alex Allan found that Ms Patel's behaviour had breached the Code.

But Mr Johnson rejected Sir Alex's findings and said he had "full confidence" in Ms Patel.

In his findings, Sir Alex said Ms Patel "has not consistently met the high standards required by the Ministerial Code of treating her civil servants with consideration and respect" and cited examples of "shouting and swearing".”

Just like their approach to international agreements, this Government clearly sees Ministerial Codes as something that can be ignored whenever it suits them.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-55016076