The number will be welcome news for a prime minister who is said to regularly complain to friends that he is tough, citing his second divorce, multiple children and declining income since entering No. 10. In fact, Johnson 15 155,376 puts him at the top 1% of British employees. Housing, transportation and much of his living expenses are covered by the taxpayer. Whether his finances are real or imaginary, there are two certainties, says Tom Bower, one of Johnson’s biographers: that he is desperate for money and that he will have no problem making a lot of money once he leaves. office. “Because he is such a bad money manager that he found himself in this ridiculous situation with the renovation of his Downing Street apartment,” Bauer said. “After that disaster, the financiers of Tory’s party took him in and told him he did not have to worry about money. that his future profits were guaranteed so strong that he could get as many loans as he needed at very low interest rates. “ Giles Edwards spoke to many former world leaders about their lives after ousting him for his book The Ex Men. He agrees that Johnson’s profitability after Downing Street is incredibly strong. “Ex-leaders are offered what one can imagine for rewards that can be nothing short of exorbitant,” he said. Johnson’s memoirs alone are guaranteed to earn him around 1 1 million, according to Edwards. In Johnson’s day, when he made about 8 830,000 for newspaper columns, books, speeches and television appearances, he referred to the .000 250,000 he received for his column in the Daily Telegraph as “chicken feed”. But no matter how lightly he weighed it when he was making big money, there seems to be no doubt that he and the Daily Telegraph will rush into his arms again as soon as his term ends. The biggest money, however, has to come from the lecture circuit: Theresa May has earned more than 2, 2.1 million since July 2019. Johnson’s reputation means she could demand higher rates, says Tom Clark, author in Prospect magazine, especially in the US where Donald Trump referred to it as the British version of himself. “Trump has a ready base out there,” Clark said. “But that does not mean Democrats hate him. It will have supporters in both camps. “ The record of these people while in power seems to be of little importance in the lecture circuit. Nor is it related to companies that are willing to pay about half a million to former leaders to impress their customers. “What people in this world have told me,” Edwards said, “is that the involvement of big names is not necessary for networking or doing business in any direct sense. They want to be able to say to potential customers: “Would you like the former prime minister to come for dinner?” Andrew Gimson, whose second biography of Johnson will be published this fall, agrees that Johnson’s main fundraising activities will be in the celebrity lectures circuit. “He can have at least .000 100,000 per speech in America, Japan, China and Australia and he will easily make 15 to 20 of them a year.” But while his record in power may not hurt his reputation, there is something he can do. Sonia Purnell, another Johnson biographer, wonders if Johnson’s two great loves – power and money – could destroy each other. Subscribe to the First Edition, our free daily newsletter – every morning at 7 p.m. BST “There is a tension here: he is not giving up, but the more he tries to stay, the lower his reputation,” he said. “The image of his fingernails flickering on the wall of Downing Street as people try to pull him out and he tries to get stuck on him is not good for his name.” But there is another reason why Johnson may not be making a lot of money for a long time. According to Gimson, his main concern with leaving office will be trying to return. “Johnson could have made millions by becoming a TV star like Jeremy Clarkson or Pierce Morgan,” Gimson said. “But he chose power over money. I think he will do it again. Johnson loves power. “I can definitely see him giving him another whirl.”
