But most in the know say the soon-to-be former PM is unlikely to fall on hard times
in Carrie’s Camberwell flat isn’t a matter of public record. But even assuming it is tolerable, Johnson is used to having his housing, transport and a large part of his living costs covered by the taxpayer on top of his £155,376 salary as prime minister. Now, without even a car of his own to his name, the soon-to-be former prime minister is looking decidedly ill-equipped for life in the outside world.
Andy Coulson, the Conservative party and Downing Street director of communications from 2007 to 2011, has predicted the fastest-produced prime ministerial memoir in history, followed by well-remunerated newspaper columns.. “He understands – just as his idol Churchill did – that controlling the narrative of your failures as well as your successes is the absolute key to life beyond No 10.”
“Although there’s lots of differences with Trump, there is the sense of an unnecessarily protracted, slightly ludicrous and constitution-testing exit,” said Tom Clark, a contributing editor at Prospect magazine. “All of which is an obvious enough parallel with Trump to make middle America view him with a bit more distaste than they otherwise would have done.”
Whether his reputation at home is as easily recoverable depends on the direction of the Conservative party in his wake. In the unlikely event that a loyalist such as Nadine Dorries won the hot seat, for example, it would be because they positioned themselves as someone who stood by Johnson to the end and made a virtue of continuing to sing his praises. In this case, said Clark, Johnson would find it easier to slide back into the public sphere.
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