Boris Johnson Makes £1m from Speeches after Leaving Downing Street

THE GUARDIAN: Former prime minister, who is still a sitting MP, travelled across globe in two months after stepping down

Johnson does not appear to have stuck to the rule that he should wait for three months after leaving office before taking up paid employment. Photograph: Sedat Suna/EPA
Boris Johnson made more than £1m from four speaking engagements in just two months after leaving No 10, travelling across the globe to give paid speeches while still sitting as an MP.

The former prime minister also accepted more than £40,000 in free accommodation from Tory donor Lord Bamford and his wife after moving out of Downing Street and Chequers in September, according to an update to the register of members’ financial interests.

Johnson’s speeches include £277,723 from Centerview investment bankers in New York, £261,652 from the Hindustan Times in India, and £215,275 from Televisão Independente for a speech in Lisbon. He also accepted £276,000 from insurance brokers in the US in September. » | Rowena Mason, Whitehall editor | Wednesday, December 14, 2022

BoJo didn’t make it to become “king of the world” as he so dearly wished to become, but he is able to earn a king’s ransom for peddling claptrap. Not bad for a buffoon! Pretty good for a clown! Truth is, it seems, the bigger the screw-up, the bigger the monetary reward. – © Mark Alexander