It seems the days of ex-prime ministers going quietly into the sunset of retirement are well and truly dead. By this point, it will come as no surprise to any readers of Mr Steerpike to learn that, in the six months since Boris Johnson left No. 10, he has been keeping well and truly busy.
Phew, it’s a wonder Boris has had time to pop to Kyiv at all!
Now it seems that all that hustling is finally paying off for Boris. Strain your ears hard enough and you might just be able to hear the sound of cold hard cash raining down into the honourable member for Uxbridge and South Ruislip’s bank account.
A quick lift of the lid on the parliamentary register of MPs’ interests reveals that since 7 July 2022, Mr Johnson has earned nearly a whopping £5 million. The register, updated today, shows that over half of this sum landed in Boris’s account on 3 January when the former PM was paid £2.48
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