RIBA members call for Boris Johnson to be stripped of honorary fellowship
Members of the Royal Institute of British Architects, including a past president, have signed a letter calling for UK prime minister Boris Johnson's honorary fellowship to be taken away.
Former president of the Royal Institute of British Architect (RIBA) Angela Brady has called for Johnson to be stripped of the title, while immediate past president Ben Derbyshire said a discussion on the matter was "inevitable".
Johnson was made an Honorary Fellow of the RIBA in 2011 for making an "enormous contribution" to architecture during his eight-year tenure as the mayor of London.
Prime minister Boris Johnson was found to have unlawfully prorogued parliament
As mayor he was involved with several high profile architecture and design projects, including a redesign of the London Routemaster buses by Thomas Heatherwick, the ArcelorMittal Orbit tower, London's cycle sharing scheme and the Emirates Air Line cable car. Calls to strip the title came after the British Supreme Court found Johnson's suspension of parliament to be unlawful. The court also ruled that his advice to the Queen to prorogue parliament was unlawful.
Prime minister's behaviour breaks RIBA code
"Honesty", along with "integrity and competence" are the three key tenants of the RIBA code of professional conduct. Johnson is not bound by the code, but RIBA members have claimed his actions has bought the institution into disrepute.
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