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He hasn't been accused of arranging a loan or giving financial advice, but introducing someone who did give BJ a loan.  This is deliberate obfuscation, to exonerate the second worst Prime Minister the UK has ever had. >

This is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 80%. (I'm a bot)


BBC chairman Richard Sharp has denied that he helped arrange a loan for Boris Johnson when he was prime minister.
Mr Sharp was questioned by MPs over his role in loan talks involving Mr Johnson, which came before the then-PM nominated him to chair the BBC board.
The BBC chairman's appearance at the DCMS committee followed press reports last month about his role in a loan for Mr Johnson, weeks before Mr Sharp was announced as government's choice to be the next chairman of the BBC. Mr Sharp confirmed he had introduced his friend Sam Blyth to Cabinet Secretary Simon Case in late 2020, which was shortly before his appointment at the BBC. Mr Sharp has previously said Mr Blyth had told him he wanted to provide financial assistance to Mr Johnson after reading about the then-PM's money troubles in the media.


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